Re: Using powersave Features on monitor
*- On 30 Mar, Sean wrote about "Re: Using powersave Features on monitor"
> But does that really send it into powersave mode? When setterm blanks the screen,
> the CRT guns are still running, as the back of the monitor is still warm to the
> touch, whereas when Windows puts the monitor into powersave mode, the back of the
> monitor becomes cool.
>
setterm can do both, from the man page:
setterm [ -blank [ 0-60 ] ]
setterm [ -powersave [ on|vsync|hsync|powerdown|off ] ]
setterm [ -powerdown [ 0-60 ] ]
blank just blanks the screen after [0-60] minutes. powerdown shuts if
off after [0-60] minutes, and powersave does in now. Try it an walk
away wait a few minuts before hitting a key. If the monitor takes a
few seconds to come to life then it has shut it down.
> Sean
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> Hamori Andras wrote:
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>> Jeff Katcher wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all, I would like to use the PowerSave mode on my monitor (in win9x
>> > when i am idle for X minutes the screen goes into powersave mode) is
>> > there a way to do this in Linux?
>> >
>>
>> On a Linux console, you can enable this via setterm(1). For X, xset(1x)
>> can do the job.
>>
>> András
>>
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