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Why doesn DPMS work when Ive enabled it in XScreenSaver?

April 26, 2017dpms enabled xscreensaver

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Why doesn DPMS work when Ive enabled it in XScreenSaver?

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It’s enabled for xscreensaver, not gnome-screensaver. XSS is the legacy system that will be replaced with gnome-screensaver very soon. You probably need to install this package, and then g-p-m will automatically work with gnome-screensaver to use the DPMS settings of your monitor.