Re: Can´t turn off power-saving?

[Andrew Jarrett]

It looks like you are using the open source driver for your ATI Radeon
Xpress 200 (I am assuming that the video card has been correctly
identified).  You might want to try installing the proprietary ati driver
(called fglrx) - here is an in-depth walk-through:
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Edgy_Installation_Guide.  It looks
like you have an Acer x171 LCD monitor - is this correct?  Are your vertical
and horizontal refresh rates set correctly?  Check the manual that came with
the monitor if you aren't sure what these should be set to.  I hope I am not
leading you down the wrong path - anyone with a little more expertise should
feel free to jump in.

Andrew Jarrett

On 4/9/07, anthony baldwin <anthony.baldwin01 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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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