Can´t turn off power-saving?

[anthony baldwin]

Andrew Jarrett wrote:

> Anthony, could you attach your xorg.conf file (located in /etc/X11/)?  
> Even though it sounds like this is either a problem with your monitor 
> or with the power-saving feature it might be affected by the video 
> card driver you are using.  Are you sure your video card is being 
> correctly detected?  You might need to download the proprietary 
> drivers from ATI or Nvidia if you are using one of the open source 
> drivers.  I think that some monitors have options for power-saving in 
> the built-in OSD - you might want to check it.  I'm no expert, but I 
> am certainly glad to help.
>
> Andrew Jarrett


Thanks again , Andrew,

Here are the screen/monitor/display portions of my xorg.cong:

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200 (RC410)"
    Driver        "ati"
    BusID        "PCI:1:5:0"
    Option        "UseFBDev"        "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "X171"
    Option        "DPMS"
    HorizSync    30-65
    VertRefresh    50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "Default Screen"
    Device        "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200 (RC410)"
    Monitor        "X171"
    DefaultDepth    24
  
        Depth        24
        Modes        "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "Default Layout"
    Screen        "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode    0666
EndSection


thanks,
tony

>
> On 4/8/07, *anthony baldwin* <anthony.baldwin01 at comcast.net 
> <mailto:anthony.baldwin01 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I don´t want ¨power saving¨ on, because I want my screensaver to be
>     displayed.
>     But every time I turn off power saving and ¨restart xserver¨, it comes
>     back at 640x480 or whatever, resolution,
>     and won´ allow me to reset the resolution.  At that point, it only
>     offers 640x480 or 1600x1200 (which is outside my monitor´s
>     range.  Ideal for this monitor is 1280x1024).
>     Then, I dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, and get my resolution back, but
>     the d@#ned power saving comes back on, too.
>
>     Any assistance appreciated, as always...
>
>     tony
>
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