[ale] DPMS hook?

[Christopher R. Curzio]

That's not a terribly good idea. 

Lava lamps aren't meant to be turned on and off like a regular lamp;
they're actually designed to remain on for several hours at a time. By
turning it on and off with the frequency of a monitor going into sleep
mode, you risk damaging the operation of your lamp. The normal warm-up for
a lava lamp takes about 3-5 hours, and it's supposed to be at room
temperature when you turn it on. 

A better idea may be to rig up something in your shell startups to turn it
on when you log in, and off when you log out. 

-- 
Christopher R. Curzio
http://www.accipiter.org
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Thus Spake James CE Johnson <jcej at tragus.org>:
Fri, 31 May 2002 17:02:45 -0400


> 
> Does anybody know if there's a hook in the XServer's DPMS code to 
> execute a command when the state changes? I want to turn on my lava lamp
> when the monitor wakes up and turn it off when it goes to sleep :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> J
> 
> 
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