I'd like to be able to switch the monitors on a number of our computers into standby mode from a software program running on a virtual console; and wakeup either when a key is pressed or when the program has new information to display.
I can probably manage to control blank screen savers but I would prefer to power down the displays to standby modes. The machines are those small size 'kitchen computer' VIA based cubes (almost). The monitors are LCD displays. Are there ioctls to help with this? How do I go about it? All ideas welcomed. Malcolm Kay Dmesg --> Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #1: Mon Sep 8 11:54:33 CST 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/PCISIO Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter "TSC" frequency 800033673 Hz CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (800.03-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3 Features=0x803035<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,MTRR,PGE,MMX> real memory = 259981312 (253888K bytes) avail memory = 248987648 (243152K bytes) Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03e9000. Preloaded elf module "blank_saver.ko" at 0xc03e909c. md0: Malloc disk Using $PIR table, 5 entries at 0xc00fdf20 npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 pcib1: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=1106 device=8601)> at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 pci1: <Trident model 8500 VGA-compatible display device> at 0.0 irq 11 isab0: <PCI to ISA bridge (vendor=1106 device=8231)> at device 17.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <VIA 8231 ATA100 controller> port 0xd000-0xd00f at device 17.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 5 at device 17.2 on pci0 usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 5 at device 17.3 on pci0 usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered chip1: <PCI to Other bridge (vendor=1106 device=8235)> at device 17.4 on pci0 chip2: <VIA 82C686 AC97 Audio> port 0xe400-0xe403,0xe000-0xe003,0xdc00-0xdcff irq 10 at device 17.5 on pci0 vr0: <VIA VT6102 Rhine II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem 0xeb000000-0xeb0000ff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0 vr0: Ethernet address: 00:40:63:cb:8b:f0 miibus0: <MII bus> on vr0 ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto puc0: <Dolphin Peripherals 4036> port 0xec00-0xec1f irq 12 at device 20.0 on pci0 sio0: type 16550A sio1: type 16550A orm0: <Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff on isa0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> sio2 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 sio2: type 16550A ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 ad0: 78167MB <Maxtor 6Y080L0> [158816/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"