From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 18 01:03:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C7537B401 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8661D43FBF for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 01:03:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5I81YuH044990 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:02:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)h5I81X74044985; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:01:34 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:01:33 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Peter Leftwich Message-ID: <20030618080133.GA44582@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Peter Leftwich , SDBUG , FreeBSD Questions LIST References: <20030617211903.G32633-100000@Video2Video.Com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030617211903.G32633-100000@Video2Video.Com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.5 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: SDBUG cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST Subject: Re: Monitor dimming X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:03:03 -0000 --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:20:38PM -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote: > Can someone tell me what controls the dimming of my monitor after a set > amount of minutes of idle time? It is not xscreensaver; I'm assuming it = is > something called from "startx" or at boot time in rc.conf? >=20 > I ask because I would like to [1] change the idle timeout and [2] run a > command line command to "dim now." Thanks all, please CC: me! You can put settings into /etc/X11/XF86Config, like this: Section "ServerFlags" Option "BlankTime" "10" Option "StandbyTime" "20" Option "SuspendTime" "30" Option "OffTime" "30" EndSection XF86Config(5) has the details. You can also use xset(1) to modify the settings from within an X session: % xset dpms 1200 1800 1800 % xset dpms force standby [Nb. xset(1) uses units of seconds, XF86Config uses units of minutes. So much for consistency.] Programs like window managers may also modify the DPMS settings -- use % xset q to see the current settings. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+8BxddtESqEQa7a0RAubuAJ9IyC7qvAUYM8lPHN2dQcgIW6Y7ZwCggjhh fkItD6MB8gJQRcFoqeFAzV4= =+XFZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu--