Turning off laptop screen?

[Joseph C. Lininger]

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The tool vbetool might be of use. It's designed to work with a vesa
complient bios. If you can get hold of it, then just run this command.

vbetool dpms off

That instructs the bios to turn off the power to the display.
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Those of you who think they know everything are very annoying to those
of us who actually do.
Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
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