xset dpms force off
Paulo César Pereira de Andrade
pcpa at mandriva.com.br
Sun Nov 23 17:19:10 PST 2008
> I am running a multi-head setup. I'd like to be able to turn off each
> head individually.
>
> I'm using the evil binary nvidia drivers to set up 4 screens as DISPLAY
> 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3
>
> I'm not using Xinerama or Twinview.
>
> xset -display :0.0 dpms force off
>
> turns off all 4 displays, as does
>
> xset -display :0.1 dpms force off
>
> and so on.
>
> Any way to reach in and turn off a particular display?
>
> Anyone know if this is possible with nouveau?
Without seeing the actual setup it is a bit hard to say, but
it should work with xrandr --off option (and usually --auto to
restore).
> Thanks,
>
> --Yan
Paulo
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