[mythtv-users] Add sleep function to TV?

[Kevin Kuphal]

Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
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>>>>> karl at grindleyfamily.com 02/08/06 8:37 AM >>>
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>> 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 
>> all the time.
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>> Heck, I'm even open to a remote that would do this, not necessarily 
>> something within Linux.
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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.

Kevin