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Bug 559068

Summary: energy saving mode does not work when using DisplayPort-cable
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Mario Bachmann <grafgrimm77>
Component: [OLD] UnspecifiedAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: alex_y_xu
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
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Description Mario Bachmann 2015-08-29 08:46:41 UTC
I iiyama_ProLite_XB2776QShave absolutely no idea for that behaviour. 

I have to following combination:
iiyama ProLite XB2776QS
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming 4G (GM204)
nvidia driver 355.06

When I use DVI-cable, that the display goes into energy saving mode after a while.

When I use a DisplayPort-cable, the display is always in on-mode. When triggering suspend mode with "xset dpms force suspend", the display shows a black screen. 

I check the mode of the display with its power indicator (LED): blue means on, orange means power saving mode. 



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. use a DisplayPort cable instead of DVI
2. try getting display into power saving mode


Expected Results:  
Energy Saving modes (suspand, standby, ...) should work with all kind of digital cable connection. 

Modern graphic cards tend to offer more and more DisplayPorts (or Mini) only. I a multi monitor setup I could use my working DVI, but for the second display I have to use DisplayPort. HDMI ist no real Option, because combination of resolution and refresh rate seems to be limited to FullHD/60Hz.
Comment 1 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2015-09-20 16:05:39 UTC
guessing source to be nvidia-drivers.
Comment 2 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2015-09-20 19:08:21 UTC
jer: what info exactly is required?
Comment 3 Mario Bachmann 2015-09-20 19:32:25 UTC
What does the status "RESOLVED NEEDINFO" mean? Sounds like a joke. 

Do you even own a nvidia graphics card? Did You try the the described steps to reproduce the bug? 

This was my last bug report. Greetings.
Comment 4 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2015-09-26 20:54:17 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 560774 ***