On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Leonid Grinberg <lgrinberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> xset needs to connect to the X server, so it needs both for the >> DISPLAY to be specified and also to have access to the XAuthority >> cookie for the X server. Otherwise it will not work - can't connect to >> the X server. >> >> Since acpid runs as a sytem service it ussually doesn't have access to >> that information. > > Hmm, so, so far, everything seems to be working fine... One can play > "DISPLAY=:0" before "xset dpms force off", but how does one grant it > access to the XAuthority cookie? Can't help you guys much there. I never blank my screen without enabling some sort of screenlock/screensaver. For instance, I use slock which locks the X session and, as a side effect, shuts off the monitor.
