Turn off a Laptop screen with a very simple icon.

[Archie]

And how do you turn back on?

Move the mouse

Also works if you press the Any key

Could not find Any key...

Typical Andy ... smart. Nope, there's no more suffix ... just smart.  

BTW Dr. Qui? It would be better if you can use a combo, e.g. Meta+Scr Lck. This way you can still use Scr Lck if you need to.

[AndrzejL]

Hmmmm I think I have found the side effect.

If You have / use / like the noblank.sh script in Your autostart then this command will render it useless.

Example - system starts and noblank script is fired up - it's purpose is to not to allow screen to go blank. I ran the command and screen went off for the night. In the morning I moved the mouse screen came back on but when I left the room to get some coffee and "breakfast" and came back the screen was off again.

Re-running:

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xset s off && xset -dpms
should do it... I am thinking about the "ON/OFF Switch" widget... Must have a look if it's still in the repo...

Regards.

Andy

[djohnston]

Re-running:

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xset s off && xset -dpms
should do it...

That's how I do it on Openbox without fiddling with the xscreensaver daemon and settings.

[Archie]

Shortcuts, icon clicks and bash scripts doesn't cut it for me. The monitor just turns back on after half a second. I need to be on the terminal and execute the command for the screen to stay blank.

I do not have noblank.sh on my Autostart (on either of them) unless it is already part of the profile which I haven't check.

[Just17]

Shortcuts, icon clicks and bash scripts doesn't cut it for me. The monitor just turns back on after half a second. I need to be on the terminal and execute the command for the screen to stay blank.

I do not have noblank.sh on my Autostart (on either of them) unless it is already part of the profile which I haven't check.

Finger trouble .......  which is why a single key rather than a combination is preferable methinks .....  I had fun testing it and getting my fingers 'just so' to get reliable turn off.

[Archie]

Shortcuts, icon clicks and bash scripts doesn't cut it for me. The monitor just turns back on after half a second. I need to be on the terminal and execute the command for the screen to stay blank.

I do not have noblank.sh on my Autostart (on either of them) unless it is already part of the profile which I haven't check.

Finger trouble .......  which is why a single key rather than a combination is preferable methinks .....  I had fun testing it and getting my fingers 'just so' to get reliable turn off.

Wooo ... you're right. The trouble is finding a key that isn't assigned to anything. I found one ... a VAIO key Launch (3) that I am pretty sure isn't doing anything.

I'm almost out of combination that makes sense ... Meta+Shift+P=PCC, Meta+Alt+G=GIMP ... who needs a menu??

[Just17]

Shortcuts, icon clicks and bash scripts doesn't cut it for me. The monitor just turns back on after half a second. I need to be on the terminal and execute the command for the screen to stay blank.

I do not have noblank.sh on my Autostart (on either of them) unless it is already part of the profile which I haven't check.

Finger trouble .......  which is why a single key rather than a combination is preferable methinks .....  I had fun testing it and getting my fingers 'just so' to get reliable turn off.

Wooo ... you're right. The trouble is finding a key that isn't assigned to anything. I found one ... a VAIO key Launch (3) that I am pretty sure isn't doing anything.

I'm almost out of combination that makes sense ... Meta+Shift+P=PCC, Meta+Alt+G=GIMP ... who needs a menu??

.....  be adventurous ......  make it the space key 

[Archie]

Shortcuts, icon clicks and bash scripts doesn't cut it for me. The monitor just turns back on after half a second. I need to be on the terminal and execute the command for the screen to stay blank.

I do not have noblank.sh on my Autostart (on either of them) unless it is already part of the profile which I haven't check.

Finger trouble .......  which is why a single key rather than a combination is preferable methinks .....  I had fun testing it and getting my fingers 'just so' to get reliable turn off.

Wooo ... you're right. The trouble is finding a key that isn't assigned to anything. I found one ... a VAIO key Launch (3) that I am pretty sure isn't doing anything.

I'm almost out of combination that makes sense ... Meta+Shift+P=PCC, Meta+Alt+G=GIMP ... who needs a menu??

.....  be adventurous ......  make it the space key 

LOL...I'mnotgonnagetanythingdone...andIthinkitslongerthanakey,whichiswhyitsprobablycalledabar.

[Just17]