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Hi there, I'm running Kubuntu 8.04 and recently upgraded from KDE 4.1 to 4.1.1. Since upgrading, my DPMS stopped working. Normally I have my screensaver set to kick in after 5 minutes then have the display turn off after 10 minutes. The screensaver kicks in but the display no longer shuts off.

I have seen this on my current IBM T42 laptop as well as a generic desktop. On the desktop, every once in a while DPMS actually works but most of the time it does not.

What I did discover is that if I disable the screensaver, DPMS works just fine. I have also noticed that if the screensaver is enabled and I change DPMS to start before the screensaver, the screen will blank (appears to power off) briefly then the screensaver will come on and turn the display back on.

So, my question is...
Anyone else and is there something anyone could recommend I try to fix this??

Thanks in advance...

Quoted from "maeshtro"

The same happens to me after upgrading from kde 4.1.0 to 4.1.1. Have you found any fix already?

Nope...nada...none...I have pretty much given up on this...I disabled my screensavers and use dpms only until this somehow miraculously starts working again.

I have found on the desktop version that I have this problem it works about 1/2 the time (ie, with screensaver enabled, dpms still kicks in) but on my laptop it never works.

Patiently waiting...