NVIDIA driver and DPMS: backlight never switches off

[oleksandr korneta]

on 01/12/2006 01:02 AM D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 18:38 -0500, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:

> Ah, it seems it isn't necessary. I commented out 'Option "DPMS"' from
> the "Device" section, and
at least it matters for my laptop (ati card). The xorg.conf generated by 
fglrxconfig does not contain that option, therefore the backlit on my 
laptop was never off. After adding that option manually everything works 
like a charm.


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Oleksandr Korneta

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