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==Powertop== | |||
a good tool to let uou see what's going on. | |||
more notes: | |||
* http://www.smop.co.uk/mediawiki/index.php/Power_saving_on_Linux | |||
== Xorg == | == Xorg == | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 15 October 2011
Powertop
a good tool to let uou see what's going on.
more notes:
Xorg
Turn on dpms for your monitor
set it hot (doesn't survive a restart):
xset dpms 0 120 240
in xorg.conf
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "IBM"
HorizSync 53.4 - 64.1
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0
Option "DPMS" <------- add this line
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "BlankTime" "1" <---- added these 4 options
Option "StandbyTime" "0" <--
Option "SuspendTime" "0" <--
Option "OffTime" "3" <--
EndSection
