Re: [gentoo-user] Beautifying goot and halt process
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 04:33:20 +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: I tried chvt 1 by hand and it generates the same color flash as the automatic switch to the console while shutting down my box. I suspect this may be an artifact from your monitor switching resolutions, in which case the fix is to alter your console resolution to match the X resolution. -- Neil Bothwick Sisko:I won't be condescending to you this episode, Dr. Bashir. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Beautifying goot and halt process
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 03:04:53AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
Is there any way to switch a flatscreen to console
without this color explosions ?
Thanks a lot in advance for any help!
The command you want is chvt. E.g...
chvt 1
...will change you over to text console 1, just like the {CTRL-ALT-F1}
key combo. You may want to try chvt 12 (equivalant to {CTRL-ALT-F12}
if you want to see logging while the shutdown is in progress. I don't
know what desktop or window manager you use, but if it has a shutdown
script you can include chvt 12 (without the quotes) in it. Another
option is to put it in /etc/conf.d/local.stop but be careful when doing
etc-update that it doesn't get overwritten by the default empty file.
--
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Beautifying goot and halt process
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org [10-07-08 04:24]:
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 03:04:53AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
Is there any way to switch a flatscreen to console
without this color explosions ?
Thanks a lot in advance for any help!
The command you want is chvt. E.g...
chvt 1
...will change you over to text console 1, just like the {CTRL-ALT-F1}
key combo. You may want to try chvt 12 (equivalant to {CTRL-ALT-F12}
if you want to see logging while the shutdown is in progress. I don't
know what desktop or window manager you use, but if it has a shutdown
script you can include chvt 12 (without the quotes) in it. Another
option is to put it in /etc/conf.d/local.stop but be careful when doing
etc-update that it doesn't get overwritten by the default empty file.
--
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Hi Walter,
thanks a lot for your reply :)
I tried chvt 1 by hand and it generates the same color flash as
the automatic switch to the console while shutting down my box.
I think, switching to the console as such isnt the problem here as it works.
The problem is the switching process itsself. To switch generates
that flickering colors.
May be turning off brightness, switching and turning on brightness
/may/ help...but how?
Best regards,
mcc
Re: [gentoo-user] Beautifying goot and halt process
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:33:20AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
I think, switching to the console as such isnt the problem here as
it works. The problem is the switching process itsself. To switch
generates that flickering colors. May be turning off brightness,
switching and turning on brightness /may/ help...but how?
The command for that *IN X WINDOWS* is...
xset dpms force off
If you want to do it manually from the keyboard, I suggest typing...
sleep 3 ; xset dpms force off
This will wait 3 seconds before switching the screen off. Any mouse
or keyboard action should wake up the screen. The 3 second delay is so
that the keyboard bouncing back from you hitting {ENTER} doesn't wake up
the screen.
--
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Re: [gentoo-user] Beautifying goot and halt process
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org [10-07-08 05:20]:
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:33:20AM +0200, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
I think, switching to the console as such isnt the problem here as
it works. The problem is the switching process itsself. To switch
generates that flickering colors. May be turning off brightness,
switching and turning on brightness /may/ help...but how?
The command for that *IN X WINDOWS* is...
xset dpms force off
If you want to do it manually from the keyboard, I suggest typing...
sleep 3 ; xset dpms force off
This will wait 3 seconds before switching the screen off. Any mouse
or keyboard action should wake up the screen. The 3 second delay is so
that the keyboard bouncing back from you hitting {ENTER} doesn't wake up
the screen.
--
Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org
Ok, I will experiment with this. Thanks a lot, Walter ! :)
Best regards,
mcc
