Eric F Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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.
It's been there a long time, actually. On the console, there's a "green" screensaver and an "apm" screensaver. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
