Re: How to turn off internal monitor when using external one

[Koen Vermeer <koen@qi.tnw.tudelft.nl>]

Op vr 04-02-2005, om 08:54 schreef Martin Hauser:
> if not, there might be a way to tell your X to send the notebook screen
>     into dpms suspend mode. That would turn the backlight off and send
>     the screen to suspend which might do the trick. But sadly i have to
>     admit i have no Idea how to do that. At least it might help.

xset dpms force off
xset dpms force suspend
xset dpms force standby
xset dpms force on

But I don't know if that only affects the notebook display, or also the
external one.

Koen