http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6109/
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[192 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #6109


]]> en-us Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:36:19 +0000 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:01:55 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6109/ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:52:38 +0000 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:01:16 +0000 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:15:02 +0000 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:45:57 +0000 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:24:47 +0000 Will it turn it on again? Or is it "sleep 1 && xset dpms force on"?]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:33 +0000 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:09:20 +0000 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:34:14 +0000
sudo aptitude install brightside
Check its configuration in: System--->Preferences-->Screen actions]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:52:27 +0000
sleep 1 && xset dpms force off

means wait 1 second (sleep 1), then use dpms to turn the monitor off. It will turn back on again when you move the mouse or press a key. The sleep is there so that the keypress itself doesn't wake it up immediately.

You could then bind this to a hotkey. To implement this "idea", there needs to be some way that people could work out/ find out that it can be done, and how to do it. Maybe this should appear somewhere in keybindings or in power management. ]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:42:45 +0000
Frankly, I'm astounded this silly idea of mine got so many votes. I'd rather thought that my other two would be more sucessful, being more thought-out and all, yet they haven't yet broken through +10...

A lesson to me: KISS (keep it simple, stupid). Those have too many words, I guess...]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:27:28 +0000 and add: xset dpms force off
And you're done.

But why not as a feature in this "add to the panel"-menu?

Good idea! Saves the energy exactly when you don't need it.]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:20:24 +0000 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:45:01 +0000
If you have any doubt of this feature's practicality, just look at its prevalence in other, small devices already. iPods, iPhones, and my Canon PowerShot all have single buttons to power off the screen when you're not using it. The iPhone's design in particular really promotes this sort of usage pattern.

In class last week, I kept referring to my laptop only about every 4-5 minutes. This was just long enough for the "black" screensaver to kick in, but the whole time I wished there was a way to just power down the LCD like it does automatically after about 30 minutes.]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:09:47 +0000 atm, I'm doing this by "xset dpms force standby" when there are downloads still running on my notebook and I want to go to bed. The light would irritate me; but I can't close the lid because wireless would stop working then.]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:04:50 +0000
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=gnome-display-properties
Exec=xset dpms force off
Name[en_US]=Shut off screen
Name=Shut off screen
Icon=gnome-display-properties
]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:01:09 +0000
xset dpms force off

and create a launcher. simple!]]> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:03:43 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:07:25 +0000 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:54:28 +0000
from:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/267805

1. setterm -powersave on
2. setterm -powersave powerdown
3. setterm -powerdown 1

Screen stays on

Desired Result:
screen should turn off but it does not]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:13:02 +0000
http://bugs.gentoo.org/267805]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:50:19 +0000 it did worked for me...]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:35:27 +0000
I'm using "xset -display :0 dpms force off" currently.
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