>>>>> "MS" == Markus Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MS> I try to make use of the powersave-ability of my monitor. Typing MS> "setterm -powersave on" on a textconsole is working properly but how MS> can I set this at boottime for ALL textconsoles? I've put this command MS> into a little script in /etc/rc.boot/ however powersaving then works MS> only at tty0. Here's what I use: #!/bin/sh # Turn on power-saving on the VC's test -f /usr/bin/setterm || exit 0 case "$1" in start) echo -n "Turning power-saving on for VC's." for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 do setterm -powersave < /dev/tty$i done echo "." ;; stop) echo -n "Nothing to do to turn power-saving for VC's off." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/powersave start|stop"; exit 1 ;; esac exit 0 (I never want to turn this off so stop doesn't do anything useful.) MS> Under X I have not been successful at all. "xset s power" doesn't seam MS> to have any effect reagardless which argument I specify. From the xset MS> manpage I know: "The 'power' flag allows the power saver parameters to MS> be set on servers which have the XFree86-Misc server extension." So my MS> second question is how to get this server extension for Debian or how MS> else could I get powersaving working under X? MS> My monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 20GLsi, my videocard: Matrox Millenium MS> (2MB). I put the following in the Device section of my XF86Config: Option "power_saver" -- Mark Plaksin http://www.negia.net/~happy/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .