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--- doc:appunti:hardware:mini_pc_intel_pentium_j3710 [2026/02/23 16:22] – [Blanking the Virtual Terminal] niccolo
+++ doc:appunti:hardware:mini_pc_intel_pentium_j3710 [2026/02/24 19:12] (current) – [DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling)] niccolo
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+==== DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling) ====
-FIXME What is this?
+DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling) is a VESA standard used to reduce monitor power consumption by controlling power states (On, Standby, Suspend, Off) generally based on user inactivity.
+It is possible to control the status of the display connected to the frame buffer writing some values to the pseudo file:
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-Writing the value 4 to the pseudodevice changes the **DPMS** property from **On=0** to **Off=3**. It is possibile to check all the properties using **modetest**:
+| 0  | FB_BLANK_UNBLANK  | Screen ON (normal operation)  |
+| 1  | FB_BLANK_NORMAL  | Blank screen (no power saving)  |
+| 2  | FB_BLANK_VSYNC_SUSPEND  | Suspend vertical sync  |
+| 3  | FB_BLANK_HSYNC_SUSPEND  | Suspend horizontal sync  |
+| 4  | FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN  | Power down display (DPMS off)  |
+Writing the value 4 to the pseudodevice changes the **DPMS** property from **On=0** to **Off=3**. It is possibile to check all the **connectors properties** using **modetest** (provided by the **libdrm-tests** Debian package):
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-modetest -M i915 -p
+modetest -M i915 -c
 opened device `Intel Graphics` on driver `i915` (version 1.6.0 at 20201103)
 Connectors:
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+FIXME What is this?
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-The Debian package **libdrm-tests** contains the **modetest** tool.
 ===== Pygame =====