I notice that "very partial" solution for me is to switch to console (alt+ctrl+f1) and as a root run ./screenoff script. At least this works and I can use it to lid.sh script, for example something like this
----------- #open screenon chvt 7 # close chvt 12 screenoff ----------- On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Marcin Zwd <marcin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I've just upgraded my laptop. The old one has ati > radeon r250 graphics card. On this card I can easily turn > off the screen using nice program "radeantool" of course > "xset dpms force off" worked as well. And "turn off" was > permanent. It is worth to mention that I was using > x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati opensource drivers... On the > other hand, the new laptop has nvidia (quadro 135) aboard > and now I'm using x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.82. > Everything works fine except one tiny problem now if I turn > off the screen and backlight after a few seconds the > backlight is back on! > > For example: > > $ xset dpms 0 0 5 > > The screen is nicely turning off after 5 seconds but after > 3-8 seconds the backlight is back on! Then, I notice that > this is the screensaver. So I tried again > > $ xset s off > $ xset dpms 0 0 5 > > And now after about 10 seconds I have whole screen back on! > I even tried vbetool dpms off. By the way it is not working > smoothly for me, so manage little ugly hack > > --- screenoff -------------------- > #!/bin/bash > for ((i=0;i<256;i++)); do > /usr/sbin/vbetool dpms off & > sleep 0.5 > PID=`pidof vbetool` > if [ -n "$PID" ]; then > kill -9 $PID >/dev/null 2>&1 > else > exit > fi > done >/dev/null 2>&1 > > But even now screen is back on again!!! > > I'm using gentoo stable (gnome) > x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0-r6 > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.82 > without > gnome-extra/gnome-screensaver > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestion >
