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From: Henry Margies <henry.margies@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Turning PC monitor on/off
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:11:57 +0200
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On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 11:34 +0530, Raseel Bhagat wrote:
> Hi,
>  I want to write a C code for toggling my PC monitor on/off in Linux.
> Can some one point to any reading material or a hint or line of thought ?
> 

Maybe it also helps to look at the sources of xset program  of X11.

xset dpms force off

Turns off the monitor (until you press a key or so).


Henry