Re: [arch-dev-public] Non-X monitor shutdown?

On Dec 15, 2007 6:45 PM, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa@solnet.ch> wrote:

if you disable dpms, you have to disable screensaver blanking too, if you want to watch a movie.

i'm running the following before watching movies or doing presentations:

xset -dpms xset s off

once finished presenting, the following restores settings:

xset dpms 0 0 600 xset s 300

- D

Ooh I didn't see this one. Will try it out today and tell you how it goes.

I'll make a wiki entry called "Ditching DPMS" or something if this works for me :) Varun