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|    Ralph Spitzner to S.K.R. de Jong    |
|    Re: Detecting whether a monitor is on or    |
|    03 Oct 21 17:01:15    |
      From: rasp@spitzner.org              S.K.R. de Jong wrote on 9/29/21 2:51 PM:       > I frequently connect over VNC to a system running Slackware 14.2       > where an X windows session is running on a monitor connected over       > DisplayPort to that system.       >       > Without being physically there, would it be possible to detect,       > from the 14.2 command line, whether or not the monitor is turned on? I       > have done an online search for solutions and came across a number of       > things that seem to work for some people under Red Hat or Ubuntu - but       > have yet to find anything that works under Slackware.       >              try " xrandr --query".       should list available displays as disconnected, if off...               -rasp              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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