how to wake up sleeping monitor using batch script/command

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Sun Dec 26 02:05:17 UTC 2010


On 12/26/2010 10:00 AM, JB wrote:
> Some observations when done on a command line.
> - the screen does not come up when
>   $ xset dpms force off ; sleep 10 ; xset dpms force on > /dev/null 2&>1 
> - the screen DOES come up after 10s when
>   $ xset dpms force off ; sleep 10 ; xset dpms force on

Neither of these incantations will turn my screen on....

xset dpms force off ; sleep 10 ; xdotool mousemove_relative 1 1

works fine...


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