Hi,
Bachman Kharazmi wrote:
xorg.conf has a DPMS option which turns the monitor in powersave after a
while.
Check if that option appear in your xorg.conf.
"xset q" also know if it's enabled or not.
thanks for the hint. I suppose, I didn't describe the problem clearly.
My Xorg screensafer works without problems: it blanks the screen after a
while, and later, the monitor goes to standby mode. The monitor can be
waked up again by moving the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard --
no problems here.
The problem is with the console (it begins without ever starting Xorg,
i.e., during an installation of OpenBSD with a standard floppy -- so
it's no configuration problem on my side). After about 60 seconds, the
screen blanks and the monitor begins to turn on and off repeatedly
(depending on the power management setup of my monitor, it sometimes
also turns off straight). Its totally unusable then and it _can't_ be
waked up again by pressing a key on the keyboard. The only workaround is
to turn the monitor completely off and then on again, but it will resume
this crazy behaviour again after a short period, if I don't start
Xorg... I've noticed that sometimes the screen turns on and off the same
way _immediately_ after starting Xorg, but I think this is directly
related to the console problem, because after manually turning the
monitor off and on again, the problem is resolved then and, as I said,
the Xorg screensafer itself works without problems.
I didn't experience this problem with the same hardware from the
beginning (around OpenBSD 3.4), but I don't remember the exact point
when I experienced this problem for the first time (I suppose it was
around OpenBSD 3.8/3.9, but I'm not sure...).
btw, I'm using a LaCie electron blue CRT monitor.
regards,
Andreas
