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From: Per Jessen <per@computer.org>
Subject: Re: Turning PC monitor on/off
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:02:04 +0200
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Raseel Bhagat wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On 10/11/06, Henry Margies <henry.margies@gmx.de> wrote:
>> 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).
> 
> But what if I'm not on the X-window ?
> As in, I'm running this program from console, or one of the virtual 
> terminals ?

You said you wanted to look at the code and xset is probably a good 
example.  Whether it'll also work from the commandline with no active X 
system, that's for you to find out :-)


/Per Jessen, Zurich