The problem is not to turn the screen blank but to get it to go to standby (powersave). I tried: xset +dpms xset dpms force off xset dpms force standby xset dpms force suspend
and they only blank the screen. This is why i think acpi/apm are required to enable the lcd screen LG flatron l1910s to enter powersaving mode instead of just making the screen black. On Sunday 04 February 2007 08:17, Oren Held wrote: > I hope I'm not mistaken, but I think you don't need acpi/apm support for > power save modes of monitors. > Try "xset dpms force off" in X, and see if it works. > > xset +dpms should turn on dpms support for current X session. > Enabling dpms & setting timeouts can be done either from xorg.conf > (search for 'offtime' option) or from kde/gnome gui configuration tools. > > Tzahi Fadida wrote: > > Hi, > > A while ago i had a system crash and i had to reinstall kubuntu from > > scratch. The powersave before worked and it also work now in windows. > > However, i can't seem to get it to work on the new installation. > > both acpid and apmd do not work. > > sudo acpid start > > acpid: can't open /proc/acpi/event: Device or resource busy > > sudo apmd start > > No APM support in kernel > > > > I have kubuntu edgy updated. > > Bios have apm enabled. > > > > I also tried in the boot process to add acpi=force apm=off. > > and acpi=off apm=force, though this method did not load the kernel. > > > > I also tried installing powersaved. > > > > What else can i do? > > 10x. > > > > p.s.: i started with dapper and upgraded to edgy with adept. > > and the kernel is > > Linux Linux 2.6.17-10-386 #2 Tue Dec 5 22:26:18 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux -- Regards, Tzahi. -- Tzahi Fadida Blog: http://tzahi.blogsite.org | Home Site: http://tzahi.webhop.info WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://members.lycos.co.uk/my2nis/spamwarning.html ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
