Problem with X on laptop.

humanoid · n00b Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 1 Location: Moscow

Hi All!
I have laptop COMPAQ Armada 1750 with video ATI 3D Rage LT Pro AGP-133.
After 5 minutes of inactivity the screen of laptop turns off. Next I can't turn it on. There is just the black screen. The screen begins working again when I jump into console mode but not in X. So, I should restart X server to continue my work but it's very bad way. ):
I've tryied to set Option "DPMS" "0" in /etc/X11/XF86Config but it didn't solve the problem.

Does anybody know how to solve my problem?

avendesora · Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 1:53 pm Post subject:

Try commenting out the line with Option "DPMS".
To check if it is enabled or not, look in the X log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log (or Xfree.0.log))
for lines containing DPMS.

RemcoNL · Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:34 am Post subject:

Not a solution, but maybe a "workaround":
Switch to console before you leave your computer for 5 minutes?
CTRL-ALT-F2 ==> wait 10 minutes ==> CTRL-ALT-F7 ==> see what happens?
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