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1. Function and Configuration

the powermanagment a badly documentated Feature of the acclerated X server. Developed was the programm with the Mach64 X server. After started the program checks if the server supports the Powermanagment, and shows a messagebox if not, bevor canceling.

with the following entry in the /etc/XF86Config it is possible to setup a default Powermanagment.

in the Section "Device" add the line

Option      "power_saver"

eingefügt. And in the Section "Screen" add the lines

BlankTime   5
SuspendTime 10
OffTime     15 

The default values for the Mach64 server are 20, 30 and 40 minutes.

The user can change the following parameter:

Toggling DPMS enabled directly modifies the X-server. For the other values to take affect you have to press the apply or Ok button The DPMS-modi are directly accessible through the corresponding Test button.

Add the line

kcmdpms -init

to your .xsession or .xinitrc file to set the parameter at login.


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