Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:45:04 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Standby mode for monitor. Message-ID: <200402120945.19003.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> In-Reply-To: <200402122343.32045.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200402122343.32045.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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--Boundary-02=_O+5KA+Qtx/fK3Ri Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 12 February 2004 07:13 am, Malcolm Kay wrote: > I'd like to be able to switch the monitors on a number of > our computers into standby mode from a software program > running on a virtual console; and wakeup either when a key is > pressed or when the program has new information to display. > > I can probably manage to control blank screen savers but I > would prefer to power down the displays to standby modes. > > The machines are those small size 'kitchen computer' VIA > based cubes (almost). The monitors are LCD displays. > > Are there ioctls to help with this? > How do I go about it? Malcolm, =46WIW, there's an option called DPMS in your XF86Config file under the mon= itors=20 section. I know you have to have a fairly recent version of X for this. =20 HTH =2D-=20 Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588 --Boundary-02=_O+5KA+Qtx/fK3Ri Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAK5+OzdyDbTMRQIYRAqsiAJsFYsxS9WAQUTPqoPw7C1suxT111wCfYcPB BcaeKrlWqNSG2ElLH3iSt4g= =HJM3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_O+5KA+Qtx/fK3Ri--
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