Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:44:06 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: display power Message-ID: <45770F76.7080300@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20061206104401.Y68748@wonkity.com> References: <200612061720.kB6HKtrN027680@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net> <20061206104401.Y68748@wonkity.com>
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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. > This works for me. xset -dpms; xset s off And back on with the reverse: xset +dpms; xset s on --Alex
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