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This dotpup is for folks with laptops who need the display turned OFF not just blanked when it is not being used.

install the dotpup....

in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file add these lines.


After Section "Monitor"
Add this
After Section "ServerLayout"
Add this ( you can change the number to how long you would like the system to waight to shut the display off.
not all you have to to is run acpid run every time X starts.

There are many ways to do this but a easy way is to add it to the file /root/.xintrc

just open this file in geany then add this right before the window manager is started
that it ..

Have fun

brad_chuck wrote:This dotpup is for folks with laptops who need the display turned OFF not just blanked when it is not being used.

Thanks, brad-chuck. I'll give it a try and see how I go.

Cheers

Thanks - works great even in really old Puppies (Grafpup 104)

But I need to run to shutdown cleanly.

Actually, you don't need apcid - I just tried without it. I think you just need apcid to use the power buttons on your keyboard and things.

Is this still current, or is there a .pet somewhere? This problem has been eating my gourd. There's no point in sending a black screen signal to a monitor. If I wanted that, I would click on ‘lock’.

1. Like I said above, you don't need to install anything to turn the display off. Just edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf as described in the first post i.e. make sure dpms is enabled in the monitor section, and add the offtime in the serverlayout section.

2. Yes, there are .pets of acpid. But it is needed to enable special keyboard power buttons and stuff, not to make the monitor turn off automatically.