Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state

2010-05-26 Thread Markus
On 25.05.2010 19:17, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote: > Here, "xset q" has a line that says: "Monitor is On". Couldn't you > use that? > > Jerome Yes this seems actually very useful, i had dpms inactive, but ScreenSaver blanking on. Maybe someone knows what the difference between the

Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state

2010-05-25 Thread Jérôme M. Berger
Markus wrote: > Hello everyone, > > i would like to write a little script, that suspends my computer > if a few circumstances are met. > > One should be, that my screen should be blanked. I already did a google > search on this, but i only found howtos of getting it to work / disable it. > > It

Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state

2010-05-24 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Markus wrote: > Hello everyone, > > i would like to write a little script, that suspends my computer > if a few circumstances are met. > > One should be, that my screen should be blanked. I already did a google > search on this, but i only found howtos of getting i

Re: [arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state

2010-05-24 Thread Alexander Lam
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Markus wrote: > Hello everyone, > > i would like to write a little script, that suspends my computer > if a few circumstances are met. > > One should be, that my screen should be blanked. I already did a google > search on this, but i only found howtos of getting

[arch-general] Script to check monitor blank state

2010-05-24 Thread Markus
Hello everyone, i would like to write a little script, that suspends my computer if a few circumstances are met. One should be, that my screen should be blanked. I already did a google search on this, but i only found howtos of getting it to work / disable it. It looks like xset q does not print