Gerald Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But when I was running redhat 6.0 the X screen also blanked in a way > that made the monitor switch off... > why isn't that possible with my potato?
In X session `xset dpms force off' will turn off the monitor right away.
Xset manual page (section related to dpms option) tells how to set
the timing parameters to do this after a period of inactivity.
HTH. Denis

