Gerald Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> 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?

In X session `xset dpms force off' will turn off the monitor right away.
Xset manual page (section related to dpms option) tells how to set
the timing parameters to do this after a period of inactivity.

                        HTH. Denis

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