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Querying display power status on Linux (Xorg) on command line

Is there a way to query the power status of an Xorg/X11 display from command line? I want to know if my laptop LCD is powered on after the screen saver--apparently the backlight is still on. This is ...
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Power management hook for running *X11* scripts on wake

Earlier I asked a similar question, but that one was about running system-level scripts. I have a script that runs a series of xinput commands in order to enable two-finger scrolling on my touchpad. ...
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DPMS does not work: the monitor is not switched off [closed]

I have a monitor which was properly switched off by my Debian PC when unused. I attached it to another machine and, this times, it is never switched off. In /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I have: Section ...