Monitor not blanking despite screensaver settings

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023, Ambrose Li wrote:

> This sounds like somehow DPMS isn’t engaged. If you typed
> 	xset dpms force suspend
> (or, even, "xset dpms force off"), does the screen turn off?

Ambrose,

Yes, it does. Should dpms be on or off?

Earlier today root ran 'xset -dpms'.

Someone on a local linux mail list suggested this is an xorg issue, not
xfce.

Thanks,

Rich