--- Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 06:51:10PM -0700, Brian McGroarty
> wrote:
> > I'm using the stock potato 2.2.19 kernel and I've added
> apm=on
> > to the kernel command line.
> >
> > How do I enable apm console blanking? I'm not using X on
> this
> > system, and I'd like to power off the display after 5
> minutes of
> > no mouse/keyboard.
>
> I picked this up a long time ago and have it in
> /etc/init.d/local:
>
> <cite>
> set_dpms() {
> echo -n "Setting DPMS for text console: "
> setterm -blank 5 -powersave on
> echo -en "\033[9;8]"
> echo -en "\033[14;10]"
> echo "done."
> }
>
> set_dpms
> </cite>
Thanks, setterm sure looks like where it should be, but no good
so far. And unfortunately, this is a DVI display with no
workable off switch, so this really needs to work.
No dice on the above or setterm with -powersave powerdown. The
screen goes blank, but does not shut off - the backlight is
still burning.
I know from past experience that if I enable APM and console
display blanking in a custom kernel it works on this machine -
sure should be possible without that though.
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