On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Sean wrote:
> 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.
Sure. From the xset man page:
-dpms The -dpms option disables DPMS (Energy Star) fea-
tures.
+dpms The +dpms option enables DPMS (Energy Star) fea-
tures.
dpms flags...
The dpms option allows the DPMS (Energy Star)
parameters to be set. The option can take up to
three numerical values, or the `force' flag fol-
lowed by a DPMS state. The `force' flags forces
the server to immediately switch to the DPMS state
specified. The DPMS state can be one of
`standby', `suspend', or `off'. When numerical
values are given, they set the inactivity period
before the three modes are activated. The first
value given is for the `standby' mode, the second
is for the `suspend' mode, and the third is for
the `off' mode. Setting these values implicitly
enables the DPMS features. A value of zero dis-
ables a particular mode.
...RickM...
