hehe...
One of those annoyances I'm just gonna have to live with then!..
this is the output of xset q :
Keyboard Control: auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000002 auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 30 auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf fadfffdfffdfe5ef ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff bell percent: 50 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100 Pointer Control: acceleration: 2/1 threshold: 4 Screen Saver: prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes timeout: 0 cycle: 0 Colors: default colormap: 0x20 BlackPixel: 0 WhitePixel: 16777215 Font Path: /home/ubuntu/.gnome2/share/cursor-fonts,/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,/home/ubuntu/.gnome2/share/fonts Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled DPMS (Energy Star): Standby: 0 Suspend: 0 Off: 0 DPMS is Enabled Monitor is On File paths: Config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf Modules path: /usr/lib/xorg/modules Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
So unless theres anything there that helps, gonna just have to stick to turning the monitor off by the switch at night...
Cheers anyways
Alex
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Jan T. Kim j.kim@uea.ac.uk wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 06:33:22PM +0000, Chris Glover wrote:
Alex Scotton wrote:
Hi All,
As a result of not being able to define in a google-able way whats wrong with my setup at the moment, I have resorted to mailing you guys... As I have seen hundred of problems solved by you guys..
My problem is a simple, yet annoying one... Whenever my system (Ubuntu 8.10 | Kernel 2.7.11) is IDLE for long enough to turn the monitor "off", the monitor goes into standby fine (green light turns to orange light) but every so often the monitor will boot up again, and flash up on the screen "No Signal" and go back to standby mode... there seems to be no consistency to it, it is very random.. However as I dual boot with windows, I was able to identify that the monitor works fine in windows, and I haven't had these problems before..
Further Specs if required are available but you may have to tell me where to find those stats (as am still learning the basics)
However I can tell you that it is a ViewSonic VP191b on a Nvidia geforce 6150SE using the proprietary drivers!
Any help will be much appreciated, and to all readers the wishes of a good day!
Peace!
Alex
Hi Alex,
Viewsonic monitors are notorious for having iffy power management implementations. My VX2435wm will goto sleep when being driven by Linux and not wake up again. Works fine with everything else though.
Basically its the monitor firmware!
Two choices, either buy a new monitor or stop being green :-)
just as a random guess, could there be any process that triggers that flicker? A screensaver might be a likely suspect, disabling that might be worth a try. Also taking a look at the output of ``xset q'' might be of interest.
As yet another story about silly monitor behaviour, I've found that my Asus flatscreen preserves its colour intensity settings only if it's "switched off" using the button on the monitor but remains connected to mains power. If I switch off the power at the mains socket, the display will start up with colours maxed out. It does remember my settings, though, and starts using them when I navigate to the on-screen control panel for changing them...
Best regards, Jan
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