Jim Perrin wrote on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:03:04 -0500: > setterm -powersave off -blank 0 > xset s off I had a look at these options as I want to make the system shut off the monitor instead of just blanking the screen. But I can't make it happen, the command options as explained in the man page don't work. Example: xset dpms off 300 should shut it off after 300 seconds, but xset complains about an "unknown option". It does that for other dpms options as well. So, I cannot set any dpms options. xset dpms force off does seem to shut off the monitor, but only for a second. xset q shows some defaults for suspend, standby, off. Off should happen after 2400 seconds. Just that this sure doesn't happen. I have now disabled the screensaver with xset s off. Could this have prevented the monitor from shutting off? (if so, setting a blank screensaver as a default is pretty stupid in my opinion.) Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com