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29.Dd August 23, 2008
30.Dt DPMS 4
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dpms
34.Nd VESA BIOS DPMS driver
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Cd "device dpms"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40driver uses the VESA BIOS to manage an external display during suspend and
41resume.
42When the machine suspends,
43the
44.Nm
45driver turns the external display off.
46When the machine resumes,
47it restores the display to its state when the driver was first loaded.
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr acpi_video 4
50.Sh BUGS
51The VESA BIOS DPMS calls do not provide any way to identify a particular
52display or adapter to manipulate.
53As a result,
54this driver may have unexpected results on systems with multiple displays
55and/or adapters.
56