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David Boucher posted <1146314623.7335.11.camel@denebe>, excerpted below, |
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on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 14:43:43 +0200: |
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> I have tried xset dpms force off on my computer, the screen changed to |
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> blank but the monitor is not off, its power led is still green... |
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> Moving the mouse regenerates the screen, and no warnings are given by the |
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> command. It's as if all were ok. |
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Well, that eliminates /that/ possibility! |
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> On my wife's computer, (a Debian Linux), the same command switches off her |
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> monitor. The computers are approximatly the same. |
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> This seems very strange, doesn't it ? |
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> I wonder if my monitor is not broken down... |
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One simple thing to check the last is simply switch monitors. I honestly |
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doubt it's a defective monitor, but that's a fairly simple test since you |
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have another around to test with, and it'd suck to spend all this time |
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working on it only to find out it wasn't the software or config at all, |
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but the hardware. |
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Someone running the NVidia drivers will have to confirm the specific |
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details, but IIRC, I read somewhere that the new xorg isn't entirely |
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supported by some of the binary drivers, including NVidia's. I /know/ |
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that's the case with the still rc stage xorg 7.1, but it might be the case |
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for small stuff like power management with 7.0 as well. I simply don't |
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know, and am bringing it up as one possibility that should be checked. |
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When you run the xset test, are any additional entries logged to your |
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current Xorg.0.log? What about during X launch? Is there anything in the |
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log then about power management (or any warnings or errors that could |
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be related) that might be of interest? |
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The most direct method of eliminating the possibility of a missing ebuild |
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would be to compare notes with another Nvidia user, preferrably one with |
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a similar vidcard, and ideally similar mobo and monitors. While I'm |
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trying to help, since I'm not running and NVIdia card and the slaveryware |
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drivers, the direct comparison method won't work here. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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