DPMS/Energy-Saver for monitor not working, any Suggestions

heavyt

I have been trying to get the Energy-Saver option to work on my Sony monitor but it will not go to sleep nor will it power down/off.

I have added dpms to my XF86Config-4 file and set up screen-saver display power management. But my screen only will go black (not from lack of power but the color black) at the set time period.

Is there something I have over look or is this old box (Power Computing PowerCurve with G3 upgrade) not able to handle Energy-Saver under Linux?

Thanks,
Tony

David_Escott · l33t Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 952 Location: Boston, MA

Do you have apm enabled in your kernel?

heavyt · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 12:15 pm Post subject: apm?

OK where do I find apm in the kernel config and what is it? I did a google but did not find apm for ppc.

Thanks
Tony

Jesu · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 1:24 pm Post subject:

You probably need CUDA or PMU support (in Macintosh Device Drivers), maybe with APM emulation.

Jesu

heavyt · Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 7:35 pm Post subject: I have CUDA and PMU still no joy

I have CUDA and PMU in my kernel (I don't think I need PMU). But I can't find APM emulation in the kernel, is that a patch? All so this is not a laptop or a PC but a mac clone desktop. The reason I say this is because I see pmud and APM emulation (Google ) in reference to laptops and pc's.

Is there anyone out there with a mac desktop (Oldworld G3 upgrade or similar) that has Energy-Saver running on their linux setup, if so can you please aim me in the direction I should go to correct my setting, thank-you.

Tony