On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 03:36:05PM -0400, Jonathan Callen wrote > Additionally, "setterm --blank force" turns the console off immediately.
Thank you; that's exactly what I was looking for. My script ~/bin/dark now reads... #!/bin/bash sleep 1 && xset -display :0.0 dpms force off setterm --blank force ...so I can execute "dark" in either X or a true text console, and it works in both cases. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
