Comments on: Turn your laptop screen off with a keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu Karmic http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/ Thoughts on software, business, travel, and being location-independant Thu, 10 May 2012 13:36:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rahul http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-23773 Rahul Fri, 04 May 2012 16:20:03 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-23773 It worked.. thanks ! :D It worked.. thanks ! :D

]]> By: Rajiv http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-16406 Rajiv Sun, 09 Oct 2011 02:59:53 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-16406 Nice code! Its working gr8 on Xubuntu 11.04! i dunno why power management aint working but it doesnt matter..... i assigned the shortcut to the windows logo key and got no problems with it! ;) Nice code! Its working gr8 on Xubuntu 11.04! i dunno why power management aint working but it doesnt matter….. i assigned the shortcut to the windows logo key and got no problems with it! ;)

]]> By: Cody http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-7974 Cody Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:44:56 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-7974 This script causes my monitor to flash back on every time xset is called. This script causes my monitor to flash back on every time xset is called.

]]> By: Ubuntu User http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-7771 Ubuntu User Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:26:10 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-7771 Could use the keyboard shortcut. It said "error while running ...". So made shortcut Could use the keyboard shortcut. It said “error while running …”. So made shortcut

]]> By: 3797 http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-4269 3797 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:42:01 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-4269 Use full path insted of ~. Use full path insted of ~.

]]> By: i.am.experimenting http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 i.am.experimenting Sat, 15 Jan 2011 07:29:16 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-4024 Alex, i used your script. But the problem i faced was that the monitor was turning blankscreen and then turning off repeatedly one after other, till the script is again called. So to kill the gnome-power-manager was the only option for me. So i developed a tiny program that turns the screen off and also restarts the gone-power-manager after any keypress or mouse movement. You can have a look at it at http://code.google.com/p/kanta-turn-screen-off/ Alex, i used your script. But the problem i faced was that the monitor was turning blankscreen and then turning off repeatedly one after other, till the script is again called.
So to kill the gnome-power-manager was the only option for me. So i developed a tiny program that turns the screen off and also restarts the gone-power-manager after any keypress or mouse movement. You can have a look at it at http://code.google.com/p/kanta-turn-screen-off/

]]> By: echto http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-3652 echto Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:46:42 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-3652 For those getting “Error while trying to run (~/.scripts/screen-off) which is linked to the key" You need to use the full path, not the tilde, i.e. /home/user/.scripts/screen-off For those getting

“Error while trying to run (~/.scripts/screen-off) which is linked to the key”

You need to use the full path, not the tilde, i.e.
/home/user/.scripts/screen-off

]]> By: Jay http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Jay Sun, 23 May 2010 03:57:06 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-325 Removing the #!/bin/bash made it work for me. Can't imagine why. Removing the #!/bin/bash made it work for me. Can’t imagine why.

]]> By: Ricardo http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Ricardo Fri, 21 May 2010 07:36:14 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-316 Hi! The script by itself works pretty well (aka, running it from terminal) but if I keybind it, it won't work.. i get this: "Error while trying to run (~/.scripts/screen-off) which is linked to the key ()s) but like I said, appart from this, it works like a charm Hi!

The script by itself works pretty well (aka, running it from terminal) but if I keybind it, it won’t work..
i get this:

“Error while trying to run (~/.scripts/screen-off) which is linked to the key ()s)
but like I said, appart from this, it works like a charm

]]> By: Doug Aitken http://alexcabal.com/turn-your-laptop-screen-off-with-a-keyboard-shortcut-in-ubuntu-karmic/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Doug Aitken Thu, 06 May 2010 03:23:39 +0000 http://alexcabal.com/?p=37#comment-278 Hi Alex, Thankyou for this, I wondered why after my Karmic upgrade I couldn't do my sleep 1 && xset dpms force off or whatever as before. I tried the shortcut, for some reason yours gave an error, so did a custom key on my Acer laptop, along with Windows key + s, so I tried Ctrl+` [key to the left of 1 on top row] and it works fine :) I think the error message is trying to tell your the keyboard shortcut is mapped already. Hi Alex,

Thankyou for this, I wondered why after my Karmic upgrade I couldn’t do my sleep 1 && xset dpms force off or whatever as before.
I tried the shortcut, for some reason yours gave an error, so did a custom key on my Acer laptop, along with Windows key + s, so I tried Ctrl+` [key to the left of 1 on top row] and it works fine :)
I think the error message is trying to tell your the keyboard shortcut is mapped already.

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