Compaq Presario 1200 (12xl125) Slackware Problems

[Evan Goers]

Hi.
I'd like to know how to get this thing to run in standby/sleep, and/or how to get it to turn off the monitor after 3 minutes. I have tried setting DPMS, but to no avail. I will post my xorg.conf if needed.

[Abdul Kaleem Khan]

In addition to setting DPMS, in slackware you need to activate standby mode in /etc/rc.d/scripts

Otherwise
Try for "suspend" or "power off" instead of "standby". They all apply to the monitor.

Set "standby" to one minute, "suspend" to two, and "power off" to three, and just watch for the right one.

OR

put a line in file "/etc/rc.d/rc.local "
modprobe apm

now your systems' power management should work