Re: Using powersave Features on monitor

1999-03-31 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 30 Mar, Sean wrote about Re: Using powersave Features on monitor But does that really send it into powersave mode? When setterm blanks the screen, the CRT guns are still running, as the back of the monitor is still warm to the touch, whereas when Windows puts the monitor

Using powersave Features on monitor

1999-03-30 Thread Jeff Katcher
Hi all, I would like to use the PowerSave mode on my monitor (in win9x when i am idle for X minutes the screen goes into powersave mode) is there a way to do this in Linux? Jeff

Re: Using powersave Features on monitor

1999-03-30 Thread Hamori Andras
Jeff Katcher wrote: Hi all, I would like to use the PowerSave mode on my monitor (in win9x when i am idle for X minutes the screen goes into powersave mode) is there a way to do this in Linux? On a Linux console, you can enable this via setterm(1). For X, xset(1x) can do the job. András

Re: Using powersave Features on monitor

1999-03-30 Thread Sean
But does that really send it into powersave mode? When setterm blanks the screen, the CRT guns are still running, as the back of the monitor is still warm to the touch, whereas when Windows puts the monitor into powersave mode, the back of the monitor becomes cool. Sean Hamori Andras wrote:

Re: Using powersave Features on monitor

1999-03-30 Thread Rick Macdonald
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Sean wrote: But does that really send it into powersave mode? When setterm blanks the screen, the CRT guns are still running, as the back of the monitor is still warm to the touch, whereas when Windows puts the monitor into powersave mode, the back of the monitor