Turning off video power management in X on Mandrake v7.1
anselrodriguez
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Donn, it sounds like it could be the power saving mode of kcmdpms.
Donn Shumway wrote:
> I recently installed Mandrake v7.1 on a K6II-450, 128Mb RAM, Voodoo3-2000. I
> had a few strange occurances during install, but now everything (almost)
> seems to be working fine.
>
> The problem is that a few minutes after the screen saver comes on (using
> KDE), my monitor goes into a non-sync mode that I assume is some power
> saving feature of the video system. I have not experienced this with
> previous versions of Mandrake. I checked the BIOS during boot and APM
> features are turned off. Is there a setting in the XF86Config file that I
> can change to eliminate this problem?
>
> Also, the install seems to recognize my Voodoo3-2000 as a 'Voodoo 3
> (Generic). Is this normal for XFree86 v3.3.6?
>
> I looked in the XF86Config file and there is a line in the 'Graphics Device
> Section' that reads:
>
> ------------------------
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic VGA"
> Chipset "generic"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Voodoo3 (generic)"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> Boardname "Unknown"
> * VideoRam 16384
> * Clock lines
>
> * Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
> * instead of the cursor!
> *Option "sw_cursor"
>
> Option "power_saver"
> EndSection
> ------------------------
>
> If I comment out the Option "power_saver" will this disable the option?
>
> Thanks for all your assistance.
> The Reiser FS is really impressive!
>
> Regards,
> Donn Shumway
>
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Donn, it sounds like it could be the power saving mode of kcmdpms.
<br>
<p>Donn Shumway wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I recently installed Mandrake v7.1 on a K6II-450,
128Mb RAM, Voodoo3-2000. I
<br>had a few strange occurances during install, but now everything (almost)
<br>seems to be working fine.
<p>The problem is that a few minutes after the screen saver comes on (using
<br>KDE), my monitor goes into a non-sync mode that I assume is some power
<br>saving feature of the video system. I have not experienced this with
<br>previous versions of Mandrake. I checked the BIOS during boot and APM
<br>features are turned off. Is there a setting in the XF86Config file
that I
<br>can change to eliminate this problem?
<p>Also, the install seems to recognize my Voodoo3-2000 as a 'Voodoo 3
<br>(Generic). Is this normal for XFree86 v3.3.6?
<p>I looked in the XF86Config file and there is a line in the 'Graphics
Device
<br>Section' that reads:
<p>------------------------
<br>Section "Device"
<br> Identifier "Generic VGA"
<br> Chipset "generic"
<br>EndSection
<p>Section "Device"
<br> Identifier "Voodoo3 (generic)"
<br> VendorName "Unknown"
<br> Boardname "Unknown"
<br>* VideoRam 16384
<br> * Clock lines
<p> * Uncomment following option if you see a big white
block
<br> * instead of the cursor!
<br> *Option "sw_cursor"
<p> Option "power_saver"
<br>EndSection
<br>------------------------
<p>If I comment out the Option "power_saver" will this disable the option?
<p>Thanks for all your assistance.
<br>The Reiser FS is really impressive!
<p>Regards,
<br>Donn Shumway
<p>_______________________________________________
<br>Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
<br><a href="http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss">http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a></blockquote>
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