DPMS settings not working after running VirtualBox

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xenoscr
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Joined: 27. Jan 2008, 00:13

DPMS settings not working after running VirtualBox

Post by xenoscr »

Hello,

I run Gentoo Linux with Xorg 1.3.0, KDE 3.5.7, and VirtualBox 1.5.2_OSE. Every time I use VirtualBox I have to go into the KDE Control Center and disable and re-enable my power saving settings to get my screen to turn off. Does anyone know what causes this and how I can resolve the issue?

Thank You,

Conor
jetpeach
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Joined: 5. Mar 2008, 10:01

Re: DPMS settings not working after running VirtualBox

Post by jetpeach »

you can take a look at my post at the ubuntu forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=657290

basically, i have the same thing happening to me on virtualbox and also on mythtv. if i manually reset the dpms at the terminal (xset dpms 300 300 300) or in the kde control panel it works again.

somehow dpms is not getting re-enabled. i don't know where to find out what command is sent from virtualbox to re-enabled dpms though, but whatever command it is it isn't working (xset -q shows the status of dpms, and it remains disabled after closing these programs)
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