NAME¶

DPMSForceLevel - forces a DPMS capable display into the specified power level

SYNOPSIS¶

cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lXext [ library ... ]
#include <X11/extensions/dpms.h>

Status DPMSForceLevel ( Display *display, CARD16 level );

ARGUMENTS¶

display

Specifies the connection to the X server

level

Specifies the level to force power to

DESCRIPTION¶

The DPMSForceLevel function forces a DPMS capable display into the specified power level. The level must be one of following four states: DPMSModeOn, DPMSModeStandby, DPMSModeSuspend, or DPMSModeOff. Values other than these will result in a BadValue error. If DPMS is disabled on the display, trying to set the power level on the display will result in a BadMatch protocol error.

RETURN VALUES¶

TRUE

The DPMSForceLevel function always returns TRUE.

ERRORS¶

BadValue

A level other than DPMSModeOn, DPMSModeStandby, DPMSModeSuspend, or DPMSModeOff was specified.

BadMatch

DPMS is disabled on the specified display.

SEE ALSO¶

DPMSCapable(3), DPMSInfo(3), DPMSGetTimeouts(3), DPMSSetTimeouts(3)