how to wake up sleeping monitor using batch script/command

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Sat, 12/25/10, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:

> From: Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>
> Subject: Re: how to wake up sleeping monitor using batch script/command
> To: users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Date: Saturday, December 25, 2010, 4:34 PM
> On 12/26/2010 08:24 AM, JB wrote:
> >
> > Would that do the trick ?
> >
> > man xrandr
> > Per-output options
> >
> > xrandr --output ... --auto
> >
> 
> FWIW....
> 
> xset dpms force off ; sleep 20 ; xrandr --output ...
> --auto
> 
> fails to turn on my screen.  When you test it in your
> environment, it works?
> 
> 
> 
> -- 


sleep 20; xset dpms force off ;

turns the monitor off, maybe turn on?  I will try it and report back.
Thanks for helping Ed & JB.  

Regards,

Antonio