Using the `--off` option in xrandr seems to work for me: $ xrandr --output DVI-1 --off
You can list your available outputs and their status using the plain `xrandr` command, I suspect what you'll be looking for on a laptop is an output like LVDS. There are also GUIs for this, such as arandr, in case that's a better option (please forgive my ignorance regarding blindness accessibility...). /Emil On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 at 19:13 J. Pablo <el...@hiperones.es> wrote: > Hi aguan, > > Sorry to bother you, but I just realized the screen light up again as soon > as > you press any key or move the mouse. :( > > El martes, 15 de marzo de 2016 19:10:12 (CET) J. Pablo escribió: > > Hi archers, > > > > First time writer here, reader from quite a time ago. Hi Zack, I used to > use > > this command: > > $ xset dpms force off > > and I've just checked it still works from my shell. I don't know if this > > will suit your needs. > > > > Pablo. > > > > El martes, 15 de marzo de 2016 10:30:52 (CET) Zachary Kline escribió: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > One of the perks of being blind is that I don’t need the screen to > work. I > > > prefer to keep it off for privacy whenever possible. On earlier > hardware, > > > I > > > used to be able to use the vbetool command to turn off the screen. > > > Nowadays > > > that seems no longer to work, “vbetool dpms off,” returns “illegal > > > instruction.” > > > > > > I was wondering if anybody knew of a way too do this under current > > > versions > > > of Arch? Ideally, I could turn off the screen for both virtual consoles > > > and > > > X sessions, whenever i get around to installing Gnome. I realize this > is a > > > bit of an unusual request. Sadly, my laptop doesn’t have any easily > > > identified hardware buttons to do this sort of thing. Thanks for any > tips, > > > Zack. >