1. Pokud chcete permanentni nastaveni, konzultujte XF86Config(5), v nem
Option "BlankTime"
Option "StandbyTime"
Option "SuspendTime"

2. zapina/vypina DPMS, pak na to muzete pouzit xset, napriklad
 
xset +dpms
xset dpms standby 10
xset dpms force off
 
a podobne, viz manualova stranka xset (1x)

3. KDE: 
modul energy (spousteni prikazem kcmshell energy), ve kterem lze vypnout ci
zapnout zhasinani monitoru

4. textovy rezim:

setterm -blank 15
setterm -powersave on
setterm -poverdown 20
vice man setterm