Differences between version 3 and predecessor to the previous major change of DPMS.
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| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 7:37:13 am | by JoeFlint | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 11:32:02 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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Allows a monitor to change its power usage state to Standby, Suspend, and Off.
If you have a new enough monitor, you can use the xset(1) command to change the default timeouts.
-''Note -
you might need to explicitly add
the line
+''Make sure
you have
the line
Option "DPMS" "1"
-to
your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, in the Monitor section''
+in
your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, in the Monitor section''
$ xset q
...
...
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@
$ xset +dpms
$ xset dpms 300 600 900
"xset q" shows the current status. (It says disabled). "xset +dpms" enables dpms. The last command says "go into Standby mode after 300 seconds without user input, Suspend mode after 600 seconds, and Off after 900 seconds".
+
+If you want your moniter to turn off right now (eg: You don't want it glowing at you while you're trying to sleep) try
+ xset dpms force off
