Some questions to IBM T40

[Oliver B. Fischer]

Frank Altpeter wrote:
> With XFree-4, the DPMS feature seems to not work properly.
> For example when typing "xset dpms force off" my former notebook
> (compaq armada) turned the display off, but the thinkpad just
> blanks. The X configuration is the same (since both notebooks
> feature an ATI RAGE graphics card), and Option "DPMS" is
> configured.


Hello Frank,

I bought recently a R51 and I have the same problem as you. 
Unfortunatelay I didn't find a solution, but I haven't searched 
intensely for a solution. But I think it is a X11 problem since I can 
turn the display off if I switch to the console.

Regards,

Oliver Fischer