If you want it to go into the low-power "green" mode (light turns amber) you can run:
/usr/bin/setterm -powersave on This works in a VC. For X you need to put the following in your XF86Config: Option "power_saver" # enable VESA DPMS On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 09:08:18PM -0400, John Anderson wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Gerald Richter wrote: > > > John Anderson wrote: > > > > > > You have to compile a custom kernel with APM support enabled, and monitor > > > power saving enabled under the apm section. The monitor will use power > > > saving only in the character mode, so if you use X exclusively, you might > > > be out of luck. > > > > > > > Well, seems I've forgotten to activate that! > > > > But when I was running redhat 6.0 the X screen also blanked in a way > > that made the monitor switch off... > > why isn't that possible with my potato? > > > Do you really mean the monitor shut offs completely or did the monitor > light blink or turn amber? You have to download the kernel-source > package(s) through dselect and then in the /usr/src/linux dir <tar Ixvf > kernel-sources-2.2...>, them make menuconfig, you will be presented with a > nice menu driven program. Select the APM features I mentioned earlier. > then save the configuration upon exiting the program. then issue the > command <make dep> and after that is run, <make zlilo>. If the kernel > compiles correctly you can reboot it and the new kernel should take > effect. > -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen