On Sunday 17 Apr 2016 13:23:35 Sebastián Pedersen wrote: > On 17-04-2016 12:43 PM, Dale wrote: > > Sebastián Pedersen wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> Sorry to bother because I'm actually using Arch, but since in the past > >> this list has given to me outstandings solutions, I git a try here. > >> > >> I'm having a problem: in Xorg, with the vesa driver the DPMS works > >> just fine, but with the fbdev driver (framebuffer) the screen goes > >> blank but the monitor never enters in powersave mode. > >> And the only configuration that I modify is the video driver in use.
Modern kernels do not need vesa, other than a fallback if the main drivers for the card fail. > >> My main problem is that the vesa driver doens't work very well with my > >> video card, so that's why I use the fbdev driver. You should instead be using the appropriate driver for your card, along with the correct firmware, so that it can load the framebuffer sub-module as it needs to. > >> Any ideas why this happend? > >> > >> Many thanks in advance. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Sebas > > > > Since this is video related, are you in the video group? Several other > > video issues have popped up recently that seem to require users in the > > video group. It's easy enough to check. This should work. > > > > cat /etc/group | grep video > > > > If that doesn't help, I'm sure someone will come along with other > > ideas. > > > > Dale > > > > :-) :-) > > Thanks. I'm in the video group. > > Yeah, hope someone can help. > I would like it to work because comsuption of electricity is a variable > to control for me right now. > > Thanks any way. > > Sebas Have you have a look in your dmesg and your Xorg.0.log to see what they report? Is the firmware for the card specified correctly and does it load? -- Regards, Mick
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