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>> I'm running into a bug with xf86-video-intel and SNA that is causing X |
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>> to crash whenever I close my laptop's lid. I can prevent it if I |
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>> issue 'xset -dpms'. The problem is that xlockmore turns DPMS back on |
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>> whenever it is executed. Is there any way to prevent this or work |
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>> around it? Also, I've tried 'Option "DPMS" "false"' in xorg.conf and |
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>> 'xserver-command=X -dpms' in lightdm.conf, but X always starts with |
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>> DPMS on. man xlock references "if DPMS support was compiled in" but |
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>> there is no USE flag for DPMS. Should I file a bug for that? |
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>> |
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>> 'xset q' (crashes): |
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>> |
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>> DPMS (Energy Star): |
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>> Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0 |
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>> DPMS is Enabled |
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>> Monitor is On |
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>> |
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>> 'xset q' (doesn't crash): |
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>> |
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>> DPMS (Energy Star): |
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>> Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0 |
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>> DPMS is Disabled |
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>> |
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>> - Grant |
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> |
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> It turns out xflock4 was enabling DPMS, not xlockmore. I commented |
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> this line in /usr/bin/xflock4 and DPMS doesn't re-enable: |
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> |
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> # xset dpms force off |
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> |
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> Now I just need a way to disable DPMS (ie 'xset -dpms') on bootup. I |
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> tried adding a script to /etc/local.d but it didn't work so whatever |
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> else is enabling DPMS on bootup must be doing it after that script is |
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> executed. Any ideas? |
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> |
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> - Grant |
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xfce4-power-manager was enabling DPMS on startup. I switched to |
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xfce4-battery-plugin and added 'Option "DPMS" "false"' to xorg.conf |
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and all is well. |
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- Grant |
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