The problem was I had the screen saver turned on. So here is how you do it:
xset dpms force off
works beautifully
Randall
Randall Smith wrote:
How can I manually power off the lcd. I've tried xset dpms off, but it comes back on after a few minutes even with the mouse unplugged.
Randall
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