[nflug] Dual Monitors Revisited

[joshj at linuxmail.org]

> Using MergedFB (for radeon) how can I get the second monitor to power
> off after a given time? MergedFB doesn't use two screen sections; It
> uses one for the primary monitor and seems to call the second monitor
> from the device section. I've tried setting DPMS as well as OffTime in
> the Device section and ServerLayout section but neither work. The screen
> blanks after 10 minutes (which seems to be the default X behavior?). The
> primary monitor does turn off after 10 minutes (as it is instructed to
> do in xorg.conf). Any ideas?

This seems to be a deeper seated problem than X. Even when I'm exited
out of X only the first monitor will turn off. the second one only
blanks. the man page for setterm doesn't shed any light on this. anyone
else run across this problem before?

-Josh

>
> Here is a copy of xorg.conf file if it sheds any light:
> http://lenet.no-ip.com:807/~josh/xorg.conf
> the default Layout is MergedFB2Layout
>
> -Josh J
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