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> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:54:24 +0100 > Subject: Re: [gpm] Problem forcing monitor to standby > From: hughsient gmail com > To: alweiner7 hotmail com > CC: gnome-power-manager-list gnome org > > On 30/07/2009, Allen Weiner <alweiner7 hotmail com> wrote: > > My multiboot desktop PC runs Fedora 11 and Ubuntu 9.04. The PC has an LCD > > monitor and a GeForce 6200 graphics card. On both Fedora and Ubuntu I use > > the proprietary nvidia driver provided by the distro. > > The proprietary drivers are not provided by Fedora, and really, they > are unsupported. What I meant by this is I use the nvidia driver from the rpmfusion repository, the standard (unofficial) Fedora repo for proprietary items, as opposed to obtaining the nvidia driver from the nvidia web site. > > > I just started using Fedora-Gnome. When I run this script under > > Fedora-Gnome, the monitor goes into standby for about two minutes and then > > turns back on. Why is the monitor coming back on under Fedora-Gnome? The > > monitor does the same thing if I issue the xset dpms force standby from a > > terminal. > > I'm not sure. You could try running: > > killall gnome-power-manager > gnome-power-manager --verbose > > and see if gnome-power-manager causes events when the monitor wakes > up. It could also be an X bug, or even a nvidia bug. > > > Also, if I use the menu option to exit Fedora-Gnome, and I select "suspend", > > the system ignores my request. > > Sounds like your system doesn't support suspend. Arguably, it's also a > bug where the suspend menu item is displayed in this case. > > > [aweiner localhost Documents]$ lshal | grep can_suspend > > power_management.can_suspend = false (bool) > > power_management.can_suspend_hybrid = false (bool) > > power_management.can_suspend_to_disk = true (bool) > > power_management.can_suspend_to_ram = false (bool) > > According to HAL your system doesn't support suspending. What's the > output of "cat /sys/power/state" ? [aweiner localhost Documents]$ cat /sys/power/state standby disk > > Richard. Microsoft brings you a new way to search the web. Try Bing™ now |