DPMS working again after X updates, yet commented out in xorg.conf

Xavier Bestel xavier.bestel at free.fr
Mon Jun 18 00:32:32 PDT 2007


On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 19:02 +0200, Nigel Henry wrote:
> I read a while back that xorg.conf was being deprecated. My xorg.conf has 
> "options DPMS" commented out because I want the CRT monitor to stay on.
> 
> There were a bunch of X updates lastnight for Debian Lenny, and now my 
> commented out "options DPMS" appears to be being ignored.
> 
> Can anyone point me towards some new file where I can once again stop DPMS 
> from putting my monitor into standby mode after about 30mins?

What happens if you uncomment it and replace it with "Option DPMS Off" ?

	Xav





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