"Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net> writes: > On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 08:36:44PM -0400, John Anderson wrote: > > You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and > > monitor power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor > > will use power saving only in the character mode, so if you use X > > exclusively, you might be out of luck. > > Untrue. There's a way to enable DPMS in XF86Config (or with xset). I > just use my BIOS settings for inactivity time. 10-20-30
Ya, I use xset. In my .xsession I put "xset dpms 1200 1200 1200", but you may as well put it is XF86Config, as Eric did. Matt