Hi Michel, On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:07:21AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Don, 2011-08-18 at 08:37 +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote: > > I'm experiencing the same symptoms as the original submitter. I've > > tried watching all the input devices (using evtest) while executing > > "xset dpms force off", but the display always comes back without there > > being any input event registered. > > Are you running it like > > sleep 1; xset dpms force off > > ? Otherwise, one common issue is that xset runs when the enter key goes > down, and then the key up event immediately disables DPMS again.
I am indeed, at least in effect: for dev in /dev/input/event*; do (sudo xterm -e "evtest $dev" &); done; read; sleep 2; xset dpms force off Regards, Stephen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110818181722.gb27...@sk2.org
