Put display to sleep via key ?

[matt_symes]

Hi

Try

xset dpms force standby

Does that give the same issue?

Kind regards

[MaximB]

Hi

Try

xset dpms force standby

Does that give the same issue?

Kind regards

Thanks, that actually seems to be working fine...

[matt_symes]

Hi

No problems.

Mark this post as solved if it is solved.

If the screen saver does give you issues you can use

gnome-screensaver-command --inhibit

to stop it.

Kind regards

[obscur156]

Working like a charm.
Thanks matt_symes

Best regards

[apochry]

Hi

xset dpms force suspend

standby, suspend, off, on

Kind regards

Hi,

all of the commands work fine for me, but aren't actually usable. When I press the shortcut keys (Ctrl+Alt+D in my case) the display goes to sleep and when I release them it wakes up. So, my laptop wants me to keep the keys pressed in order the display to be off... OR I have to try to release all the keys simultaneously... this is not quite easy, believe me.
I overcame this issue by assigning the command to single-key shortcut (to the help button on my laptop (= fn+f1), which is actually two-key combination, but considered as one by the machine, since the 'fn'-key does nothing pressed separately). Stupid machines... ...and now I'm happy!

Btw. my stupid machine is HP Pavilion dv2000 Series.

Thanks for the nice commands!

Regards,
Izzo