From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 19:04:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5B5716A412 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:04:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7083443F70 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:36:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gs1e3-0007vA-Vz for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:37:28 +0000 Received: from esperance.zetnet.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with SMTP id kB6IbRuv021312 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:37:27 GMT Received: (qmail 31081 invoked by uid 1001); 6 Dec 2006 18:37:21 -0000 From: "Frank Shute" Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:37:21 +0000 To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20061206183721.GA31025@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <200612061720.kB6HKtrN027680@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net> <20061206104401.Y68748@wonkity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061206104401.Y68748@wonkity.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 i386 X-Organisation: 'Esperance Linux' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:37:27 +0000 (GMT) Cc: abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net, freebsd-questions Subject: Re: display power X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:04:16 -0000 On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 10:48:06AM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net wrote: > > >can someone tell me how to stop FreeBSD (4.11) from > >turning off my monitor (after whatever preset timeout > >there is)? > > vidcontrol -t off > > Unless you're running X, in which case I know it can be done, but can't > remember how. xset(1) is worth reading in that case. Something like: xset -dpms in .xinitrc should do it. > > Incidentally, a monitor like that can be a fire hazard. Replace as soon > as possible. It shouldn't be hard, because people are giving away used > CRTs now. I've got a houseful of CRTs that I want to get rid of :/ -- Frank echo "f r a n k @ e s p e r a n c e - l i n u x . c o . u k" | sed 's/ //g' --->PGP keyID: 0x10BD6F4B<---