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Date:      Sun, 14 Jan 2001 13:03:49 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Darren Shepard <dss@orst.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Monitor Power Management under X
Message-ID:  <20010114130349.A4391@hades.hell.gr>
In-Reply-To: <20010113191057.B6692@eel.ENGR.ORST.EDU>; from shepard@engr.orst.edu on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 07:10:58PM -0800
References:  <20010113191057.B6692@eel.ENGR.ORST.EDU>

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On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 07:10:58PM -0800, Darren Shepard wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to get my monitor to go into a power-
> save state after some period of inactivity under X.  Similar to how
> the green_saver.ko works on the console.  If someone could point me 
> to a port or something built-in that will do this, it'd be much 
> appreciated.  FWIW, I'm using a Sony G500 under 4.2-STABLE.

In my ~/.xinitrc file I have the commands:

	xset +dpms
	xset dpms 300 1200 1800

This makes sure that the Display Power Management features of the X server are
enabled, when I fire up X11.  The times for blank, stand-by and poweroff that
you see in the second command are given in seconds.

- giorgos



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