[SGVLUG] Screen Blanking

[John E. Kreznar]

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Alex Roston <tungtung at pacbell.net> writes:

> Does anyone know a quick and dirty way to blank a screen, then
> restore it?  I'd like to do blank the screen with one mouse click,
> then have the screen come back when the usual imputs come in -
> mouse, keyboard, etc.

Don't know about mouse clicks, but under X the command "xset s 1" will
blank the screen 1 second hence, and the command "xset s" will restore
the default.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
  Operating a computer with a GUI is like driving a car with
   an animated cartoon in place of the clear front window.

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