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From: Neil Isaac <isaac.neil@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-laptop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-laptop] turn off laptop monitor when closing lid
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:05:42
Message-Id: a9f1a6400608141904j6c1be2e4j7dbaa90d3c540e7c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-laptop] turn off laptop monitor when closing lid by Michael Greenberg
1 On 8/14/06, Michael Greenberg <michael.m.greenberg@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 8/14/06, Neil Isaac <isaac.neil@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Thanks, vbetool turns off the monitor perfectly, but I run into
4 > > problems getting it back on properly. From the vbetool man page:
5 > > "Switching dpms modes may interact badly with X on some systems." This
6 > > was the case for me. Can anyone recommend an alternative to vbetool
7 > > for turning off the monitor after an acpi lid close event that works
8 > > with and without X?
9 >
10 > app-laptop/radeontool worked fine for me in the past along with X --
11 > then again, it only works for ATI Radeon cards.
12
13 Well xset can do that too, and I have an nvidia card anyways, so
14 unless anyone else has a suggestion I will just stick with
15 /usr/bin/xset -display :0.0 dpms force off
16
17 side note: every time I email the list
18 (gentoo-laptop@l.g.o) I get a message from
19 FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@××××××××××××××××××××.com:
20 General SMTP/ESMTP error
21 Final-Recipient: rfc822; kyavuz@××××××××××××××.com
22 Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:43:38 +0300 (EEST)
23 Action: failed
24 Status: 5.0.0
25 Diagnostic-Code: 554 mail server permanently rejected message (#5.3.0)
26
27 The message tree is fine on Gmane, and I receive all replies, but I
28 also never get my own message - though I'm not even sure that I
29 should. Am I doing anything wrong?
30
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32 Neil Isaac
33 isaac.neil@×××××.com
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