Turning off Monitor

[Jim Dred]

Hi I have a laptop whose display is getting bad by the day, and i want it off while I can use the rest of it on vnc over my network.

I use xset dpms force off, but the mouse / keyboard movement triggers it on again. Is there a way to turn it off for good?

thanks

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[Nathan Kidd]

Jim Dred wrote:
> Hi I have a laptop whose display is getting bad by the day, and i want
> it off while I can use the rest of it on vnc over my network.
>
> I use xset dpms force off, but the mouse / keyboard movement triggers it
> on again. Is there a way to turn it off for good?

This isn't an answer to the question you asked, but every contemporary
laptop I've ever see has a function key to switch between built-in panel
and external display.  Can't you just switch to external display mode?

-Nathan
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[David Henderson-9]

My function keys didn't work once I switched to GNU/Linux for some reason.  As a result I wrote a bash script to turn off the LVDS display (LCD screen attached to the laptop).  This can be added to the startup process so it can be done automatically.  If your interested, I can give it to you (it just uses the xrandr binary).

Dave


Nathan Kidd wrote:

Jim Dred wrote:
  

Hi I have a laptop whose display is getting bad by the day, and i want 
it off while I can use the rest of it on vnc over my network.

I use xset dpms force off, but the mouse / keyboard movement triggers it 
on again. Is there a way to turn it off for good?
    

This isn't an answer to the question you asked, but every contemporary 
laptop I've ever see has a function key to switch between built-in panel 
and external display.  Can't you just switch to external display mode?

-Nathan
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