Screen won't shut off on Dell i8100 with FC2

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Jul  6, 2004, Gregory Gulik <greg at gulik.org> wrote:

> I've been using the "nv" driver with the built-in GeForce 2 video card
> and I'm nearly positive it used to work.

Did you by any chance use the proprietary nvidia driver?  That one
does DPMS correctly for the LCD display.  IIRC, DPMS (and EDID), when
using the vesa or nv drivers, refers to the external display only.

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