Shut Off Monitor

[dswimboy]

I am using my linux box as a digital picture frame. I don't want the monitor on all night though. Can I shut the monitor off at a specific time every night and turn it back on at a specific time in the morning?

i realize the specific time would probably be handled by cron, so i'm really looking for a command/script to shut the monitor off...

[Zelmo]

Here's the command I've been using to suspend my monitor:

/usr/X11R6/bin/xset dpms force suspend

According to the man page for xset, you can substitute the last word with on, off, or standby. So xset dpms force on would turn it back on.

I'd agree with using cron to set the times. You should be able to just set the above commands in your crontab, if you enclose them in single quotes.