Re: [ACPI-sppt] Monitor does not turn off
Laurent Canet <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.acpi.support |
|---|---|
| Organization | TEKILA |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:45:40 -0700 "Ashutosh Verma" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to use the acpi stanby feature on my Dell laptop( Latitude)using > > echo 1 > /proc/acpi/sleep. > > After that system appears to go in the stand by mode but the monitor does not turn off. Any pointers??? > I am using linux-2.4.21 with acpi-20030619 patch. > I got the same problem with an inspiron. You can blank the screen before standby with "xset dpms force off" in X11, but this is not really turning off. I've done some quick & dirty benchmarks, and power consumption between S1 mode and S0 mode (idle, with good cpufreq throttling) is nearly the same. -- Laurent Canet ---------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01