I have a linux laptop connected to a large screen display that shows informational items (what it is doesn't matter) that are only viewed from 7am-6pm. To conserve energy and reduce screen wear I would like for the display to go to sleep after the PC has been idle for X hours.
The GUI screensaver and Power Management controls do not allow you to select any times greater than 2 hours of idle time. If I could set it for 12 hours, I could just move the mouse when I walk by it first thing in the morning, and 12 hours later it would automatically go to sleep until the next day. I would prefer to have APM blank the screen via a cron job, then I could just "set it and forget it". I remember there was a command-line way to set screenblanking time of consoles, but how does one do it in runlevel 5? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
