Date: 12 Feb 2004 12:53:49 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Standby mode for monitor. Message-ID: <44isicchg2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200402120945.19003.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> References: <200402122343.32045.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200402120945.19003.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com>
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Eric F Crist <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> writes: > 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, > > FWIW, there's an option called DPMS in your XF86Config file under the monitors > section. I know you have to have a fairly recent version of X for this. It's been there a long time, actually. On the console, there's a "green" screensaver and an "apm" screensaver.
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