possible fixes for dpms timeout resets

[Colin J Thomson]

On Thursday 18 Oct 2012 21:55:18 Colin J Thomson wrote:
> On Thursday 18 Oct 2012 15:47:10 Rex Dieter wrote:
> > Rex Dieter wrote:
> > > I recall there being at least several users with ongoing problems
> > > related
> > > to dpms timeout settings getting reset to odd values from time to time.
> > > 
> > > Related to this,
> > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295164
> > > 
> > > There seems to be a proposed fixes in the works,
> > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/106793/
> > > https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/106794/
> > > 
> > > and was wondering if any of those experiencing this problem would be
> > > interested in helping to test the proposed patches.  If so, I can whip
> > > up
> > > some builds that include these for feedback.
> > 
> > plopped some kde-workspace-4.9.2-6 builds into kde-testing, give 'em a
> > whirl.  (will likely require you to restart your session after upgrading
> > to
> > have a proper test).
> 
> I'll give it a test over the next few days, I had xset -dpms in my .bashrc
> to work around this.

OK seems to have fixed it for me (on this Desktop box)

F17 x86_64 KDE-4.9.2

Colin
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