On 08/15/2017 11:32 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
PPS: A few days ago I tested a LCD monitor. Screen blanking already caused the monitor to completely power off (after hat it was needed to turn on the monitor by the monitor's power button). Perhaps you changed some Eco settings of your monitor? Maybe your monitor powered off triggered by screen blanking and now it doesn't do it anymore?
Ralf, Thank you for your suggestions. I'll go through the DPMS page again. I haven't change a single-thing on my system, so Eco setting, no monitor settings, no nothing. Past 7-8 years same config, monitor always powers down, as soon as the updates went in on 8/11, DPMS just quit working for the text console. Crossing-fingers the DPMS has a hidden nugget somewhere inside :) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.