On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 06:25:41 +0000 (UTC), bob prohaska wrote:

> gregor herrmann  wrote:
>> If it's good old xscreensaver you can configure all kinds of things,
>> including power management, with `xscreensaver-demo'.
> Seemingly it is xscreensaver: If I run xscreensaver-demo a dialog box
> comes up, making changes affects behavior. However, when the dialog
> box is closed xscreensaver-demo reports;
>
> (xscreensaver-demo:28513): libglade-WARNING **: Could not load support for
`gnome': libgnome.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I get this warning (when I run xscreensaver-demo from a terminal)
already when I start it, and it's not problematic.

> Right now it's set to Blank Screen only and under the Advanced tab
> it's set to enable power management, standby after zero minutes, suspend
> after zero minutes and turn off after five minutes.

Hm … in wild-guess-mode I'd avoid 0, as that value often turns off a
feature. Maybe try with standby 1, suspend 2, off 3 minutes?

> The screen turns black after five minutes, but the screen remains
> powered up. In contrast, the experimental GL driver blanks the screen
> and it goes into power save, with a yellow pilot light.

Ok, then this is probably indeed a driver issue.


gregor

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