HP c8000 manual Dpms

configuring X Windows on HP-UX (other graphics cards)

display power management signaling (DPMS)

More information (including sample code) on the DPMS Extension entry points can be found online, via the man pages. The extension entry points are:

DPMS

DPMSQueryExtension

DPMSGetVersion

DPMSCapable

DPMSSetTimeouts

DPMSGetTimeouts

DPMSEnable

DPMSDisable

DPMSForceLevel

DPMSInfo

XFree86 provides four options that may be set in the ServerLayout section that may be used to support this functionality. The options are: blank time, standby time, suspend time, and off time. The following example sets these to 10, 20, 30, and 60 minutes respectively.

Section ìServerLayoutî

. . .
Option	ìblank timeî	ì10î
Option	ìstandby timeî	ì20î
Option	ìsuspend timeî	ì30î

Option	ìoff timeî		ì60î
. . .
EndSection
Option	Value	Default	Description
BlankTime	time	10	Blank Time sets the inactivity
			timeout for the blanking phase of
			the screensaver. Time is in minutes.
			This is equivalent to the Xserver's
			`-s' flag, and the value can be
			changed at run-time with xset(1).
StandbyTime	time	20	Standby Time sets the inactivity
			timeout for the “standby” phase of
			DPMS mode. Time is in minutes,
			and the value can be changed at
			run-time with xset(1).

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