[arch-dev-public] Non-X monitor shutdown?
Another message from the "when did this stop working?" camp: I've had the following in my /etc/rc.local for a while: setterm -blank 10 setterm -powersave powerdown setterm -powerdown 15 Now what this does is put the monitor into the black-but-still-glowing mode after 10 minutes, then shut it off after 15. I have no idea when, why, or how, but it stopped working. I use this on 2 machines that don't run X, so using 'xset' is not an option, but I *think* xset works fine. Does anyone else know much about this? The internet is fairly silent on the topic
On Dec 14, 2007 11:16 PM, Aaron Griffin
Another message from the "when did this stop working?" camp:
I've had the following in my /etc/rc.local for a while: setterm -blank 10 setterm -powersave powerdown setterm -powerdown 15
Now what this does is put the monitor into the black-but-still-glowing mode after 10 minutes, then shut it off after 15.
I have no idea when, why, or how, but it stopped working. I use this on 2 machines that don't run X, so using 'xset' is not an option, but I *think* xset works fine.
Does anyone else know much about this? The internet is fairly silent on the topic
I've noticed DPMS to be a bit effed too for the past 4 days. I have DPMS "off" in every possible place in xorg.conf (I can never remember if its "device" "monitor" "screen" or whatever else), and I've also set "xset -dpms". In spite of all this, DPMS is still active, and its really pissing off when watching a movie. Varun
Saturday 15 December 2007, Varun Acharya wrote: | I've noticed DPMS to be a bit effed too for the past 4 days. I | have DPMS "off" in every possible place in xorg.conf (I can never | remember if its "device" "monitor" "screen" or whatever else), and | I've also set "xset -dpms". In spite of all this, DPMS is still | active, and its really pissing off when watching a movie. if you disable dpms, you have to disable screensaver blanking too, if you want to watch a movie. i'm running the following before watching movies or doing presentations: xset -dpms xset s off once finished presenting, the following restores settings: xset dpms 0 0 600 xset s 300 - D -- .·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´ ° ° ° ° ° ° ><((((º> ° ° ° ° ° <º)))>< <º)))><
On Dec 15, 2007 6:45 PM, Damir Perisa
if you disable dpms, you have to disable screensaver blanking too, if you want to watch a movie.
i'm running the following before watching movies or doing presentations:
xset -dpms xset s off
once finished presenting, the following restores settings:
xset dpms 0 0 600 xset s 300
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Ooh I didn't see this one. Will try it out today and tell you how it goes.
I'll make a wiki entry called "Ditching DPMS" or something if this works for me :) Varun
Friday 14 December 2007, Aaron Griffin wrote: | I've had the following in my /etc/rc.local for a while: | setterm -blank 10 | setterm -powersave powerdown | setterm -powerdown 15 | | Now what this does is put the monitor into the | black-but-still-glowing mode after 10 minutes, then shut it off | after 15. | | I have no idea when, why, or how, but it stopped working. | I use this on 2 machines that don't run X, so using 'xset' is not | an option, but I *think* xset works fine. i'm using only setterm -powerdown 5 and it works fine (x86_64). maybe it depends on the hardware? i will see if it still works on i686 and report back. maybe its arch specific break. - D -- .·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´ ° ° ° ° ° ° ><((((º> ° ° ° ° ° <º)))>< <º)))><
These commands are all working fine for me. I haven't tried the setterm stuff, but xset is working here fine on my laptop. // jeff -- . : [ + carpe diem totus tuus + ] : .
On Dec 15, 2007 3:25 PM, Jeff Mickey
These commands are all working fine for me. I haven't tried the setterm stuff, but xset is working here fine on my laptop.
As I said. Doing this in X has never been a problem for me. It is when I am _not_ in X that the monitor does not blank. The commands run fine, but nothing happens. Damir, do you have the 'blank' line (or rather, are you only using the one from /etc/rc.sysinit)? One of the things I wondered about recently is whether these two commands are somehow mutually exclusive - if maybe the screen will not 'powerdown' if it is already 'blank'ed? Do you know anything regarding that?
Monday 17 December 2007, Aaron Griffin wrote: | Damir, do you have the 'blank' line (or rather, are you only using | the one from /etc/rc.sysinit)? One of the things I wondered about | recently is whether these two commands are somehow mutually | exclusive - if maybe the screen will not 'powerdown' if it is | already 'blank'ed? Do you know anything regarding that? from the logic, they should not be exclusive. i have just replaced the one from blanking by setterm -powerdown 5 on my machine, because i do not see any reason to make a screen work and show black instead of shut down and use less power (on a laptop anyway). your guess that they are exclusive to each other may be right. i will add back the blanking one and see what happens. - D -- .·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´ ° ° ° ° ° ° ><((((º> ° ° ° ° ° <º)))>< <º)))><
On Dec 17, 2007 1:18 AM, Damir Perisa
Monday 17 December 2007, Aaron Griffin wrote: | Damir, do you have the 'blank' line (or rather, are you only using | the one from /etc/rc.sysinit)? One of the things I wondered about | recently is whether these two commands are somehow mutually | exclusive - if maybe the screen will not 'powerdown' if it is | already 'blank'ed? Do you know anything regarding that?
from the logic, they should not be exclusive.
i have just replaced the one from blanking by
setterm -powerdown 5
on my machine, because i do not see any reason to make a screen work and show black instead of shut down and use less power (on a laptop anyway). your guess that they are exclusive to each other may be right. i will add back the blanking one and see what happens.
I tried different combinations over the past few days. I'd claim a hardware issue here - both of these machines have nvidia cards. Maybe I'll try with the nvidia fb module? Damir, what video hardware do you have?
Tuesday 18 December 2007, Aaron Griffin wrote: | Maybe I'll try with the nvidia fb module? Damir, what video | hardware do you have? Intel 965 (x86_64) and ATI Radeon FireGL 7800 (i686) both powerdown fine in terminal as well as in X. - D -- .·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´ ° ° ° ° ° ° ><((((º> ° ° ° ° ° <º)))>< <º)))><
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Aaron Griffin
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Damir Perisa
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Jeff Mickey
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Varun Acharya