DPMS and gdm

[Andrew Farris]

Reid Rivenburgh wrote:

>>> xset +dpms
>>> xset dpms 15 30 45
>>>
>>> (sleep 15; xset dpms force off)&
>>>
>>  If you don't add the force, does the specified timing work?
> 
> No, then it just doesn't ever go off.  That was after a quick test
> where I waited about a minute.  I'll keep the "force" commented out
> and let it go all night to verify that it doesn't turn off after
> several hours.

Out of curiosity.. are those xset commands happening after the X server is 
started (for sure)?  The 15s delay before your force may be hiding the fact that 
the X server is overriding your set values if the X server starts during those 
15s and sets some other value to the settings.

Maybe you should drop a longer sleep in there before you do the settings, then 
force off.

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