Monitor power management

[Stelios Bounanos]

In message <01051316585500.01479 at syros>,
    John Lazaridis <p95028 at rainbow.cs.unipi.gr> wrote:

[snip]

> 
> Eixa kanei akrivos auto pou mou eipes sto teleutaio reply kai den mou 
> doulepse, gia auto kai se rotisa an xreiazetai kapoio allo section...
> To periergo to opoio paratirisa tyxaia einai oti otan exo kanei login san 
> root tote i o8oni svinei kanonika sto gnome xoris omos na energopoii8ei o 
> screensaver. To akrivos anti8eto simvainei me enan use. O screensaver 
> energopoieitai alla i o8oni den svinei.... Sou kano attach kai to 
> XF86Config-4 mipos deis kati pou na dimiourgei to provlima.......
> 

[snip]

Den eimai sigoyros gia ta XFree 4, alla sthn ekdosh 3.x poy exw ayto poy
8eleis ginetai kai mesw toy xset(1) enw trexei o X server. Gia paradeigma,
to .Xclients moy exei:

xset +dpms
xset dpms 900 1200 1800

(perissotera sto manual page toy xset)

Opws katalabaineis, me paromoio tropo mporoyn kai alla programmata na ta
allaksoyn ayta, opote tsekare kai tis sxetikes ry8miseis toy desktop poy
trexeis mhpws kanei override aytes toy XF86Config.

Epi th eykairia, o root den exei kamia doyleia na trexei gnome klp,
kalytera na mh xrhsimopoieis to root acount gi'ayto to skopo...

HTH.

Rgds,
/-sb.

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