Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Oct 1998 16:02:59 +0200 | From | Martin Mares <> | Subject | Re: MDACON not screen blanking |
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Hello,
> How is it non trivial? Couldn't the code just be hacked so that > when the monitor blanking code is executed, it checks for > multiple monitors, and then blanks them all? Any quick hack is > better than nothing IMHO. My mono monitor is going to burn in...
There are two non-trivial bits:
[1] There is no list of monitors.
[2] You need to distinguish between pseudo-blanking (used when VGA enters graphics mode), real blanking and VESA blanking.
Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "Ctrl and Alt keys stuck -- press Del to continue."
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