On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 04:33:20AM +0200, [email protected] wrote
> I think, switching to the console as such isnt the problem here as
> it works. The problem is the switching process itsself. "To switch"
> generates that flickering colors. May be turning off brightness,
> switching and turning on brightness /may/ help...but how?
The command for that *IN X WINDOWS* is...
xset dpms force off
If you want to do it manually from the keyboard, I suggest typing...
sleep 3 ; xset dpms force off
This will wait 3 seconds before switching the screen off. Any mouse
or keyboard action should wake up the screen. The 3 second delay is so
that the keyboard bouncing back from you hitting {ENTER} doesn't wake up
the screen.
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Walter Dnes <[email protected]>
