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Turn off monitor (energy saving) while in text console mode (in Linux)

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Mar 15, 202624101 views
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How to configure Linux text console to automatically turn of the monitor after some time? And by "text console" I mean that thing that you get on ctrl+alt+F[1-6], which is what you get whenever X11 is not running. And, no, I'm not using any framebuffer console (it's a plain, good and old 80x25 text…

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Fix for: Turn off monitor (energy saving) while in text console mode (in Linux)

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I'm not totally sure, but if you have set in one of your initialization files, try something like: The command can be handy sometimes: You will need to have APM or ACPI enabled in your kernel. See also: Gentoo Power Management Guide

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