On Mon 21. May - 12:55:40, Tristan Miller wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> I have a computer which powers a shop window display.  I'd like the display 
> to be on only during business hours -- say, 08:00 to 23:00.  Is there any 
> way of using powersave, or some other program, from the command line to 
> put the monitor into or out of standby mode?  If so, then I could simply 
> set up a cron job to do this.

If you only like the display to turn off, you could use

  xset dpms force off

You might have to set the DISPLAY variable correctly out of a script or
cron job.

Regards,
        Holger
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