Hello All,<div><br></div><div>I struggled with screen shutoff for about 2 weeks. Didn't want screen savers cause they really don't turn the screen off. Also favored something simple.</div><div><br></div><div>DPMS is what I use. However getting dpms to work was a bit of a trick. Even though I had dpms options set in xorg.conf `xset -q` would show them not saved so the screen would not shutoff. Xorg.logs would even say it found them when loading the configuration. A quick test by going to another screen Alt-F2 opening an xterm window and typing in `xset dpms 0 0 30` would tell me that dpms would work fine if I could get it configured correctly.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I tried all the usual places for x11 applications .xinitrc .Xdefaults .xsessions and even some of the files in /etc/X11</div><div><br></div><div>Nothing appeared to work. I ended up setting an option in xfce wm on startup for the automatic login for that user setup on the specific front end (have multiple front ends).</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>Create file /home/Username/.config/autostart/DPMS.desktop</div><div><br></div><div>[Desktop Entry]</div><div>Encoding=UTF-8</div><div>Version=0.9.4</div><div>Type=Application</div><div>Name=DPMS</div>
<div>Comment=</div><div>Exec=xterm -bg black -fg black -iconic</div><div>StartupNotify=false</div><div>Terminal=false</div><div>Hidden=false</div><div><br></div><div>And then editing .bashrc</div><div><br></div><div>xset dpms 0 0 300</div>
<div><br></div><div>The above works fine and lasts a long time:)</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the second part of my subject "Devices"</div><div><br></div><div>I currently have 2 real TV's with tunners and a Samsung monitor.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Samsung works perfect and has far better resolution then even the real TV's (P2370). Does a nice shutoff also.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Toshiba 19in LCD and Panasonic 55in rear projection also shutoff...kinda</div>
<div><br></div><div>The screen blanks off and then comes the mighty warning </div><div><br></div><div>hdmi input (tohsiba)</div><div>dvi input (panasonic)</div><div><br></div><div>And just keep warning, warning, warning</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also the screen really isn't shutoff. A look at it in the dark shows this.</div><div><br></div><div>So is there an option to turn the warning off and to really turn the display guns off? I haven't found any. </div>
<div><br></div><div>So at this point the TV simply needs to be powered off when not in use.</div><div><br></div><div>Are there things to look for when purchasing new TV's ? I'd be kinda happy just using a monitor, but 23in or so is about the largest I've really seen. Also It might be a good idea to many multiple inputs like current LCD/LED large screen TV's have</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks any input would be appreciated. </div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>