Thanks people, I'll give it a shot. On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, KevinO wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ken Thompson wrote: > > On Thursday 05 June 2003 11:28 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > >>On Thursday 05 Jun 2003 5:31 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > >> > >>>Hi List! > >>> > >>> I have some nodes running MDK 8.0/8.1 without X but with monitors > >>>(just terminals). > >>> > >>> I would like to know, if possible, how to set them to switch off > >>>monitors (saving power) after a while of inactivity. > >>> > >>>TIA > >>>Cheers, > >> > >>It's a while since I had 8.x, so I can't give you specifics. However, > >>I do remember that somewhere on the menu I found an entry for power > >>control (can't remember exactly what it was called). I used x, but > >>had the monitor blanking (as does this under 9.0) just as you > >>describe. > >> > >>Anne > > > > > > I believe it's in Kcontrol under Energy <I think> It's Power Control in9.0.. > > Might be just a bit different in 8.x but you can also go to he XFree86Config-4 > > and either uncomment the "Option 'DPMS'" or add it as needed. > > Hope I'm right <G> my memory of 8.x is a bit rusty. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > This is correct but only applies if you are running X, which he isn't. > > The setterm command will work as far as blanking the screen but I doubt if it > will power down the monitor. > > - -- > KevinO > > Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The > others escaped with minor injuries. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+4EKMjBS1mMJB+bQRAijRAKCLXibUsy1pi7ajg/QhMRIoxfwoUACeLagF > EZ8SEZv1zCbVNU/bjWOTWNE= > =zFyD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- ----------------------- Alan Wilter S. da Silva ----------------------- Laborat�rio de F�sica Biol�gica Instituto de Biof�sica Carlos Chagas Filho Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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