DPMS switches to suspend too early

[Peter Münster]

On Sun, Feb 22 2015, Chris Sorenson wrote:

> Something is wrong with your xset, what does `X -version`
> tell you?

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X.Org X Server 1.16.1
Release Date: 2014-09-21
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: openSUSE SUSE LINUX
Current Operating System: Linux media 3.16.7-7-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 17 18:00:44 UTC 2014 (762f27a) x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.7-7-desktop root=UUID=c0dd2e36-03ed-402e-9a89-185b1144a9f8 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3400633AS_5NF1LKL5-part2 splash=silent quiet showopts hpet=disable
Build Date: 12 February 2015  02:45:41PM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
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> Also, just for funzies, what does `xset q` say? 

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Keyboard Control:
  auto repeat:  on    key click percent:  0    LED mask:  00000002
  XKB indicators:
    00: Caps Lock:   off    01: Num Lock:    on     02: Scroll Lock: off
    03: Compose:     off    04: Kana:        off    05: Sleep:       off
    06: Suspend:     off    07: Mute:        off    08: Misc:        off
    09: Mail:        off    10: Charging:    off    11: Shift Lock:  off
    12: Group 2:     off    13: Mouse Keys:  off
  auto repeat delay:  660    repeat rate:  25
  auto repeating keys:  00ffffffdffffbbf
                        fadfffefffedffff
                        9fffffffffffffff
                        fff7ffffffffffff
  bell percent:  50    bell pitch:  400    bell duration:  100
Pointer Control:
  acceleration:  2/1    threshold:  4
Screen Saver:
  prefer blanking:  yes    allow exposures:  yes
  timeout:  0    cycle:  0
Colors:
  default colormap:  0x20    BlackPixel:  0x0    WhitePixel:  0xffffff
Font Path:
  /usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/ghostscript/,/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/truetype/,built-ins
DPMS (Energy Star):
  Standby: 3500    Suspend: 3600    Off: 3700
  DPMS is Enabled
  Monitor is On
Font cache:
  Server does not have the FontCache Extension
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           Peter