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Does anyone know a good way to blank the screen with Purebasic under Linux? I need to be able to turn the screen off with a single mouse click, and have it turn back on in response to the usual kinds of input - mouse, keyboard, etc.

Alex

You can try this: or this:

Excellent. That's perfect!

Alex

WishMaster wrote:You can try this:

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RunProgram("xset", "dpms force suspend", "")

or this:

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RunProgram("xset", "dpms force standby", "")