Problem: the electric company often cuts power here either for 10 minutes or for the whole day. One can only guess what it will be. With both my monitor and computer on, my UPS can only last 5 minutes, but with the monitor off, the UPS can last 20 minutes. (No, I have the most basic UPS with no com port hook up.)
I could hit the plastic button on my monitor to turn it off, but if power is restored, then it is a shame to have turned it on and off: wear and tear. Best would to be to put it into a standby mode. Then if 15 minutes have gone by, go into shutdown via script, without reviving the monitor via keyboard actions. However I am having trouble writing this. xset dpms force standby #works, but monitor gets turned on again when X #exits during shutdown! How to stop that? #Ok, try from plain tty1 or after "init 1", on /dev/console: setterm -powersave powerdown #no effect, and no error message echo -e "\033[9;0]\033[14;0]" >/dev/console #again, no effect sleep 900 #interrupt with ^C if I notice power is restored shutdown -h now #I have a Lemel 15+ monitor, OS: debian woody -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
