[SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem

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Githzerai Registered Member Posts 54 Karma 0 OS	[SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:42 pm Hi, This is sort of a strange problem: I just can't make my monitor to automatically go to standby mode, though everything in SystemSetings, monitor power management section, is tuned on. It's not an xorg problem (or at least I don't think it is), as DPMS is enabled and xset dpms force standby command works. Also, weird thing, if I leave it at KDM login screen (without logging into KDE session) for a few minutes it will go to standby ?!?!? Ugly thing if your box works 24/7... Any hint is very much appreciated ... Stercus accidit
RGB Registered Member Posts 346 Karma 0 OS	[SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:26 pm I have the same problem in my lap with openSUSE 11.1 and kde 4.1.3: the back-light is always on, no matter the system is instructed to turn it off after 4 minutes. RGB, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Nov. And proud to be a kde user since 1.1.2
bcooksley Administrator Posts 19765 Karma 87 OS	[SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:48 am Currently, running KDE 4.3 trunk my system turns the backlight off properly according to the time I specify in Powerdevil. This might have happened with KDE 4.2, can't remember. KDE Sysadmin [img]content/bcooksley_sig.png[/img]
XiniX Registered Member Posts 217 Karma 1 OS	[SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:53 am It is a known bug and has been fixed. The fix has been backported to 4.2, but probably your distro will incorporate it once the first official hotfix package is released by the KDE team. Workaround: use powerdown settings in the Display section of the system settings and do not let powerdevil take care of DPMS. Sole disadvantage of that is that you cannot use different settings according to the profile. XiniX, proud to be a member of KDE forums since 2008-Oct.
Rettich Registered Member Posts 123 Karma 0 OS	[SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:36 am The bug is fixed in the KDE Factory packeges of openSuse11.1 Murphy's Law is recursive. Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work.
Githzerai Registered Member Posts 54 Karma 0 OS	[SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:07 pm Thank's everyone. So it's definitely a bug.... Oh, well, 4.2.1 should be released soon, we'll wait and see.. Stercus accidit
Githzerai Registered Member Posts 54 Karma 0 OS	RE: [SOLVED] KDE 4.2 and monitor power management problem Thu Mar 05, 2009 4:43 pm I'm happy to say that 4.2.1 solved this for me. Works perfect. Stercus accidit