Hi. I have a 17 inches DPMS capable CRT monitor (a SyncMaster 750v). I
use Enlightenment 17.

I have already set timeouts in Enlightenment for the monitor to go to
Standby, Suspend and Off. However:

1) The timeout sometimes is ignored for no apparent reason.

2) More importantly, I would like to be able to put the monitor to
standby "now". I have bound <control><alt>l to the desk_lock
action, so I lock the screen before leaving the computer. It would
be better if not only the screen was locked but also the monitor
entered standby. 

I remember I could do that with "xset dpms force standby", but nowadays
if I try that, the screen blanks for half a second and immediately goes
back to normal. I remember that the power management of xlock conflicts
with "xset dpms force standby", causing that; but xlock is not running
any more. Probably, this time it is Enlightenment itself that is
conflicting with xset. In fact, xset appears to work if I uncheck
"Enable Display Power Management" in Enlightenment. So:

2.1) Can I make Enlightenment and xset go along?
2.2) Or even better, can I use Enlightenment itself to make the monitor
enter standby immediately?
2.3) Or my only hope is to disable "Enable Display Power Management"
and then use only xset? I would also need some timer script to make the
conitor enter standby after a time, fulfilling the role of "Enable
Display Power Management". I would prefer one of the two solutions
above.

Thank you.


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