On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 12:21:12AM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote:
>
> > With modern power-saving BIOSes, the thing can even turn the monitor
> > off (and power down the computer) if you've been away too long, saving
> > electricity and wear on your system.
>
> Great! This is what I did in Windoze. But how do I do it in Linux?
> Is there any kind of software that does this??
>
The XF86_SVGA X Window System server for example has the option "power_saver".
You can try it with "xset dpms force off" see man xset.
/etc/X11/XF86Config:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "Matrox"
BoardName "Matrox Mystique"
VideoRam 4096
Option "power_saver"
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
DefaultColorDepth 16
BlankTime 0
StandbyTime 0
SuspendTime 0
OffTime 10
SubSection "Display"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1920 1088
There is also a package xscreensaver and I start it in my ~/.xinitrc:
xscreensaver -no-splash -timeout 5 -xrm '*programs:bouboule -ncolors 256 -delay
2\
-count 1000 -root' &
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Dietrich Kraus
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