DPMS switches to suspend too early

[Chris Sorenson]

>
> http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/individual/app/Why
> should this work? I have several desktop systems with
> exactly thesame xorg and xset versions, and there is no
> problem. I'm quite sure,that the issue is related to my
> input device (the I R remote control).Isn't there a method
> to debug that problem? For example to see whatevents are
> generated and how they affect the DPMS timer?--           
>

The X Window event stream is like a firehose, but if you
enjoy information overload the xev program will copy every
event back to whatever console you launch it from. The
output of strace may also be a source of insight...