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Posted by znx - 2008-01-02, 03:10 PM

Thanks SubZero! Over zealous or something haha

Posted by SubZero - 2007-12-21, 01:09 PM

There's no "deactivate"   s activate Causes the screen saver to activate, even if it has been turned off. s reset Causes the screen saver to deactivate if it was activated.

Posted by anyweb - 2006-01-26, 11:08 AM

great post, pinned and moved to X   cheers anyweb

Posted by znx - 2006-01-25, 07:40 PM

Not a strange question at all and it is completely possible. There is a utility called "xset" which is built for the purpose of tweaking X.   Quick list of what it does: xset s Reset to standard settings xset s 600 Activate after 10 minutes xset s blank Use blank screen xset s off Deactivate screensaver xset s on Switch on screensaver xset s activate Activate screensaver immediately xset q Display current settings xset +dpms Enable power saving xset -dpms Disable power saving   So for you to enable: Code: xset +dpms xset s on xset s activate   And to disable: Code: xset s off xset -dpms   You can use cron to enable at a time.. and disable at a time.

Posted by DS-Patrick - 2006-01-25, 05:01 PM

Perhaps some Linux experts can help with this one...   Is is possible, using the built-in power management in SUSE, to turn the monitor on and off at predetermined times? Ideally, this would be done via using server time (ie screens turn on at 1:00pm and turn off at 2:00am).   As an alternative, is possible to configure Suse to do the same thing without the server?   Thanks for any info, I know this is kind of a strange question.   Thanks!