Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off text console screen in software?

2017-05-13 Thread Miroslav Rovis
On 170511-19:57-0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 04:19:28PM -0700, Daniel Campbell wrote > > On 05/10/2017 04:08 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 03:36:05PM -0400, Jonathan Callen wrote > > > > > >> Additionally, "setterm --blank force" turns the console off

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off text console screen in software?

2017-05-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 04:19:28PM -0700, Daniel Campbell wrote > On 05/10/2017 04:08 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off text console screen in software?

2017-05-11 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 05/10/2017 04:08 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off text console screen in software?

2017-05-10 Thread Walter Dnes
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

[gentoo-user] Re: How do I turn off text console screen in software?

2017-05-10 Thread Jonathan Callen
On 05/10/2017 12:59 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> I'd prefer to avoid hitting the monitor display on/off too often. In >> an xterm, the script... >> >> #!/bin/bash >> sleep 1 && xset -display :0.0 dpms force off >> >> ...shuts