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From: Eric Goldsmith <egoldsmith@csi.compuserve.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Xaccel power saving stuff
Date: 12 Oct 1995 18:13:32 GMT
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I'm running BSD/OS 2.0.1 on a Pentium box with a BIOS that supports power
management. The video board (Diamond Stealth) and the monitor (MAG DX17F) also
support power management. Since I upgraded from BSD/OS 2.0 to 2.0.1 (which
includes the latest version of Xaccel), whenever I run X, my monitor goes into
power saving mode after about 5 minutes of inactivity. Since I changed video
boards and upgraded the OS at the same time, I'm not sure which one is
responsible for this. I think it's probably Xaccel because it doesn't happen
when I'm not running X.

At any rate, does anyone know how to change the timeout period? Five minutes is
so short it's just annoying.

TIA

Eric