> I cannot tell you if it's DPMS or a real sleep, but It looks like a > MacOSX sleep..., the display is off (and it's different from the > xscreensaver mode, it does not stop the display when I activate the > energy settings) and the sleep led is blinking just like MacOSX does. > > When I execute the apm command the display shows me a pink screen (the > same one I see just before X starts) and they it stops the machine, then > I just push the power button and I see again the ugly pink screen and > the imac gives me my desktop without problems. > > How could I be sure it's not powering off the imac as it should with a > "real" sleep? Actually, I don't know ! It's interesting though.. It may mean the nVidia chip isn't actually shut down during sleep, which contradicts what some nVidia contacts told me...
I would need to have physical access to the HW to be able to say what's up for sure though... Ben.