Re: LCD monitor not going to standby

In message <1129052452.365478.155540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
"Andrew Wickham" <ajw99uk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
> > My new LCD monitor doesn't go to standby after the 5 minutes set for
> > screen blanking in Boot. The screen goes blank, but it looks like the
> > backlight is still on. Switching off the RPC but leaving the monitor on
> > does put it to standby - indicated by a totally black screen and the power
> > LED changing colour. My old CRT one *did* go to proper standby indicated
> > by the power LED, and I haven't changed anything.
> >
> Screen blanking is just saying to the monitor "display nothing", rather
> than "go into standby". Did the CRT have its own power management
> setting? (I used to set screen blank for 2 or 5 minutes and monitor
> standby for 5 or 10, since the monitor took longer to come back to
> life). It may just react differently from the LCD to a "display
> nothing" signal from the RPC, depending on how that setting is set.

I was under the impression that the DPMS screensaver was meant to achieve
this.

>
> Which model LCD are you using, and what does the manual say about
> standby mode?
>
> Rgds,
> Andrew
>

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