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>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 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. HTH -- Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAK5+OzdyDbTMRQIYRAqsiAJsFYsxS9WAQUTPqoPw7C1suxT111wCfYcPB BcaeKrlWqNSG2ElLH3iSt4g= =HJM3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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