Blank out Display?

Hi there!
When I am listening to music on my notebook, I do not really need the display. So I was currently thinking about turning it off. Is there an easy way to completely blank out the display? I am running a Zepot Znote 6214w with an nvidia7600 with the latest drivers installed.
thx in advance
armin

This does the trick for me. Immediately turns screen back on mouse or key input.
xset dpms force off

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Asus motherboard with UEIF
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Last edited by pintjuk (2013-12-23 18:42:14)

okej, found something interesting.
this is from a more resent blanking
not sure what it meens though, is it bugs in the video drivers?.
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup CP stall for more than 10000msec
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup (waiting for 0x0000000000002633 last fence id 0x0000000000002632)
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dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: IP: [<ffffffffa0880b18>] radeon_ring_backup+0xc8/0x160 [radeon]
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dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
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dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/P8Z68 DELUXE, BIOS 3603 11/09/2012
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: task: ffff88000c394e30 ti: ffff88000c118000 task.ti: ffff88000c118000
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0880b18>] [<ffffffffa0880b18>] radeon_ring_backup+0xc8/0x160 [radeon]
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff88000c119ca0 EFLAGS: 00010246
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: RAX: ffff880211d00000 RBX: ffff88022185d2d0 RCX: 0000000000000000
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: RDX: ffffc9000bcbd000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffc9040bcbcffc
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dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: R10: 0000000000000040 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000000ffffffff
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: R13: ffff88022185d2a0 R14: 000000000000c781 R15: ffff88000c119d18
dec 23 16:49:26 localhost kernel: FS: 00007f2dca10b880(0000) GS:ffff88022f280000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
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