look for xset. this helps , as the name suggests, only if you are running X. i ve got somrthing like xset +dpms dpms 0 0 300 in my .xinitrc file. be careful, switching on and off the backlight can reduce the lifetime.
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 10:59:19AM -0400, Anand Saxena wrote: > O Wise Ones, > > I was wondering if anybody knows how to turn off the LCD screen, which is > more than blanking it. I would like to be able to add some sort of an > option that will turn off the backlight completely when the laptop has not > been used for a certain period of time. Currently, my laptop screen turns > black, but the backlight remains on. > > -Andy Saxena > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- public key: http://leute.server.de/hagan/gpg.txt fingerprint: 07D9 F89B 7762 1515 F85E 49BE 86FB 9197 01B5 401A
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