[ltp] Re: Switch off display automatically?

Alan Shutko linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:49:16 -0400


Tilmann Singer <tils@tils.net> writes:

> On my A20p running X 4.0.3 (ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF graphic card) i
> see this line in the xfree log:
> 
> (WW) R128(0): Option "DPMS" is not used

According to the source, the r128 code only uses DPMS if it's
displaying to a CRT.  It does _not_ do it on an LCD.  

Why this is, I don't know.

-- 
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