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    New LCD Monitor won't power off

    Hi,
    I bought myself a nice new monitor, a Hyundai N91S.  Months ago I wrote myself a script before to turn off the monitor with the command xset dpms force off so that I could turn off the monitor without having to wait for the regular powersave feature to kick in.  With this new monitor, KDE picks it up as "PLUG AND PLAY".  For some reason this new monitor and or the PLUG AND PLAY monitor setting do not actually turn off the monitor.   When the POWERSAVE feature kicks in, the screen goes black, but the power button does not turn to amber indicating power off.
    I tried forcing the setting by using xset +dpms but to no avail.  The ACPID process is running.

    HELP

    How can I get this new monitor to power off?

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    Re: New LCD Monitor won't power off

    After trying many different "solutions" I found one that worked for me.

    Inside the file xorg.conf in /etc/X11 I replaced the entire Monitor section with:
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    Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "LCD"
      HorizSync 30.0 - 65.0
      VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
      option "DPMS"
    EndSection
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    In the Screen Section, I modified the monitor to match the above label that I created in the Monitor Section.  The only requirement for the Monitor section is the identifier, everything else is optional.
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    Section "Screen"
      Identifier "Default Screen"
      Device "S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]"
      Monitor "LCD"
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    Also I perceive the monitor to be more crisp.  A final note on the changes above - from everything I read all I needed to do to enact a new xorg.conf was to exit and restart the x-term.   I think I really needed to do a reboot for it to take effect.  Not a biggie just in case someone else finds this useful.


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