[mythtv-users] OT: Power off monitor on X login screen

[Bryan Halter]

Turn DPMS on using the xset util, this will provide a timeout afterwhich 
the video card will send no signal AFAIK.

kanetse at gmail.com wrote:

>This is a bit of a tricky problem; and hard to search for.
>
>I have a slave backend running the standard Fedora Core 3 install.  It
>shares an LCD monitor with an XBox (D-Sub).  The backend is hooked up
>via DVI.  The LCD monitor is a BenQ monitor that auto-detects the
>signal and switches to the input to DVI or D-Sub depending on which
>one is sending a signal.
>
>Frequently, I will turn on the backend end/DVI just so that its
>recorder is available while I play XBox.  Thus, the screen is
>displaying the Fedora/X login screen.  After a few minute, the screen
>saver kicks in, but it only blanks the screen and doesn't turn the
>monitor off.
>
>Now, I manually switch back to the XBox (D-Sub) and play for a little
>bit.  But the when the XBox is reset (or switches video modes), it
>usually blanks the screen and then the LCD monitor reverts back to the
>DVI input.  Unforunately, almost all of the time I want the LCD to
>stay on the D-Sub/XBox.
>
>How do I get Fedora Core 3's X login screen to send no signal to the
>monitor?  It's gotta be one of the power saving features; but I tried
>setting the power manangement/screen saver properties for the 'root'
>Desktop account via the control center, but I don't think those are
>the settings that apply to the login screen.
>
>Thanks!
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