Standby mode for monitor.

[Malcolm Kay]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 04:23, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Eric F Crist <ecrist at adtechintegrated.com> writes:
> > On Thursday 12 February 2004 07:13 am, Malcolm Kay wrote:
> > > I'd like to be able to switch the monitors on a number of
> > > our computers into standby mode from a software program
> > > running on a virtual console; and wakeup either when a key is
> > > pressed or when the program has new information to display.
> > >
> > > I can probably manage to control blank screen savers but I
> > > would prefer to power down the displays to standby modes.
> > >
> > > The machines are those small size 'kitchen computer' VIA
> > > based cubes (almost). The monitors are LCD displays.
> > >
> > > Are there ioctls to help with this?
> > > How do I go about it?
> >
> > Malcolm,
> >
> > FWIW, there's an option called DPMS in your XF86Config file under the
> > monitors section.  I know you have to have a fairly recent version of X
> > for this.

Eric,
I was asking specifically about programs on virtual console. But thanks anyway.

>
> It's been there a long time, actually.
>
> On the console, there's a "green" screensaver and an "apm" screensaver.

Thanks Lowell,
The green_saver suits my needs rather well.
{I was looking for a much more difficult solution ;-) }

Malcolm