[arch-general] Xorg video driver for de sis 771/671

[Mauro Santos]

On 18-04-2016 01:40, Sebastián Pedersen wrote:
> Yes xset q gives
> 
> [...]
> DPMS (Energy Star):
>   Standby: 600    Suspend: 600    Off: 600
>   DPMS is Enabled
>   Monitor is On
> 
> I found out that if I disable the console framebuffer from the parameter
> of grub.cfg
> 
> # Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
> GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
> 
> then the DPMS in xorg start working (but is very annoying because I use
> the console and with something like 80x25 it's become very nasty).
> 
> Sebas
> 

You could comment that option and later try to use fbset to set the
resolution of the console. With some luck dpms will continue working.

-- 
Mauro Santos