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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 03:35:18 -0500
From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "xset dpms" not working
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On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 08:21:42PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote
> Regardless of the above, the monitor does not blank after 10 minutes
> (i.e. 600 seconds). If I run "xset dpms force off" from xterm (both as
> local user and as root), the display goes dark... for approximately 1
> second... and then returns to normal.
So I turned the monitor off with the physical switch, took a nap, and
turned it on when I got up. Now the blanking works again. Cue the
Microsoft support jokes. What gives???
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