[mythtv-users] Add sleep function to TV?

[Dan Seddon]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:

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>>>>>And here the rest of us spend a time trying to stop Linux 
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>>>>>from turning off the monitor.  DPMS should do this for you.
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>>>>True, but the the force is strong with the WAF.  They are very 
>>>>good with Jedi mind tricks. ;)
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>>>Well said.  She needs a button, not anything automatic, ironically 
>>>enough.  Plus, I've got DPMS disabled because I don't want the 
>>>monitor going to sleep after 45 or 90 (whatever timeout) minutes 
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>>>Heck, I'm even open to a remote that would do this, not necessarily 
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>>Can't you map a button on your remote to work with IREXEC to run 
>>something like "xset dmps on" and then "xset dpms force off" and the 
>>reverse if it is already off?
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>Sorry.  I think that last should be "xset dpms force sleep" or suspend 
>depending on which works for the monitor.
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I do exactly this - it works great!

I get the power button on my remote to shut mythtfrontend down and send 
my monitor to sleep at the same time and the reverse to turn it back on 
again - the result is a monitor that acts pretty much like a normal TV.

Ta

Dan