Re: DPMS problem

[Peter S. <pet...@gm...>]

Erik Walthinsen schrieb:

> Peter Schrammel wrote:
>
>> I got multiconsole with evdev working (again).
>> No kernel-patches,no modules. But the second
>> consoles screen doesn't wake up if it enters a dpms mode 
>> (suspend/off...).
>>
>> Any clues how to solve this? Actualy disabling dpms helps but saving
>> energy would be cool.
>
>
> This is what killed my multiseat project, and I never found a solution 
> to it, including disabling DPMS and all other powersavings.  Screens 
> would still go to sleep and never wake up.
>
> I haven't tried any of the latest multiseat projects yet (no hardware 
> or space atm), but I get the impression that things like faketty have 
> solved (or worked around) the problem in some form.

Nope, disabling dpms works here. But my wife still forgets to turn off 
the monitor...