DPMS switches to suspend too early

[Chris Sorenson]

> 
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:56:41 +0100
> From: Peter Münster <pmlists at free.fr>
> To: xorg at freedesktop.org
> Subject: DPMS switches to suspend too early
> Message-ID: <87d251q3zq.fsf at free.fr>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When setting "xset dpms 20 40 60" my monitor switches to
suspend after
> 20 seconds, even when pressing keys just before.
> 
> Then, in suspend-mode, when pressing a key again, the
monitor switches
> back to "On" for another 20 seconds.
> 
> How could I get the "normal" behaviour (switch to suspend
20s after last
> key-press) please?
> 

Something is wrong with your xset, what does `X -version`
tell you?

Also, just for funzies, what does `xset q` say?