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From: Katelyn Rowlands <knr@uid0x00.org>
Subject: Re: Turning PC monitor on/off
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:06:26 +0100
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To: Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 03:55:33PM +0530, Raseel Bhagat wrote:
> Thanks you guys, xset helped with X.
> 
> But it doesn't work on console.

You could take a look at the dpmsctl program, located at
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=154996. It does the same as xset, but
works in the console. 

I don't know if it only works for the Inspiron 510m laptop though. I never tried
it with anything else.

- Katelyn