lcd monitors and screensavers

[Anton Markov]

Henry Spencer wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Francois Ouellette wrote:
> 
>>With LCD monitors you want to save the backlight if it is so equipped.
>>Showing a 3D maze or any other nonsense will not help!
>>Use the "blank screen" and this should turn off the backlighting system.
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, it's quite possible to have the screen black with the
> backlight still turned on.  To get the monitor into a DPMS powerdown mode
> requires special signaling, not just an all-black image. 

Try:
$ xset dpms force standby


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