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Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:44:06 +0000
From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: display power
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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