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Re: SL6 and vbetool
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:31:06 +0000
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, William Scott wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What's the best way to install vbetool on SL6?

Indeed. It isn't in pm-utils any more.

> Or
>
> Is there an alternate way to achieve "vbetool dpms off" maybe with xset?

xset dpms force off
is similar but applies to the current DISPLAY rather than a local 
graphics card and moving the mouse wakes it up.

-- 
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison		Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
[log in to unmask]	http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna

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