Garrett wrote:

> Actually, they are.  Or at least as far as I know, as all the other OSes 
> (couple Linux router distros, W2K Pro and W2K3 Server) I've had on this 
> box placed the monitor in standby/power off mode without any additional 
> config (in BIOS or OS) from me.  Does m0n0wall require a certain config?
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* zealot <mailto:zealot at tradersguild dot net>
>     *To:* m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch <mailto:m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:10 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [m0n0wall] Monitor Standby/Power Off Option?
> 
>     Garrett wrote:
>      > Is there an option to place the connected monitor in
>     standby/power off mode after x amount of time?
>      >
>      > TIA>
>      > -g.
> 
> 
>     Garrett,
> 
>     Configure that in the system's BIOS settings.
> 
>     z
> 

Garrett,

 From a cursory read of 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/x84.html it 
sounds as if m0n0wall/FreeBSD 4.9x may not reliably detect your BIOS 
settings for power management. It doesn't help that power management is 
inconsistent in different hardware (some work, some don't).

As the previous OS's on the current m0n0wall hardware seems to have been 
able to turn off video, it's assumed that the bios is currently leaving 
the power management up to the OS.

Since m0n0wall/freebsd isn't disabling video, change your bios settings 
so that power management is NOT controlled by APM/ACPI.

Visit http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=7&var1=18 and 
http://www.wimsbios.com/HTML1/power.html for an example of typical bios 
settings for your hardware.