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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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