On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:31:13 -0300 (BRT)
Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Hi List!
> 
>       I have some nodes running MDK 8.0/8.1 without X but with
>       monitors
> (just terminals).
> 
>       I would like to know, if possible, how to set them to switch
>       off
> monitors (saving power) after a while of inactivity.
> 

  Try:

    setterm -blank 10

to blank the screen after 10 min. of inactivity. Change the 10 to
anything between 1-60 min.
   See:

    man setterm 

for the details.
    You can add the command to the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local
file.

                                    Tom

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