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dpms setting does not work for vesa

From: - Tong - <mlist4suntong(at)yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Aug 23 2007 - 17:46:31 EDT

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:33:55 +0000, - Tong - wrote:

>> My newly installed xorg doesn't support dpms any more:
>> 
>>  $ xset dpms force off
>>  server does not have extension for dpms option
>>  xset:  unknown option force

>
> load/enable the following module,
>
> "extmod" # some commonly used server extensions (e.g. shape extension)
>
> I'm able to use 'xset dpms force off' again.

But the problem is that none of the dpms setting is working:

xset dpms force standby
xset dpms force suspend
xset dpms force off

None of the above command has any effect. I'm using the vesa driver. Is this a known issue?

thanks

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