[nflug] standby mode

[David J. Andruczyk]

--- Kevin Chudy <kchudy at mail.netsos.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a system running SUSE 9.2. When using runlevel 3, if the
> system
> sits idle for about 10 minutes, the screen will go black as if the
> system is in standby mode. I believe I have any bios settings for
> power
> management disabled. I researched ACPI but when I perform:
> 
> dmesg | grep -2i acpi
> 
> I get:
> 
> ACPI disabled because your bios is from 99 and to old.
> 
> I do have Gnome installed although I usually boot the system to
> runlevel
> 3.
> 
> So if the bios isn't turning off the monitor and the bios is too old
> for
> ACPI, what controls switching the monitor to standby?

the screensaver...


Dave J. Andruczyk

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