Hello,
I am trying to create a global keyboard shortcut to quickly blank out my monitor. I've found I can use the command "sleep 1 && xset dpms force off" to do this. I can run this perfectly fine from the terminal and it does exactly what I need.
I then go into gconf-editor to set up the key bindings. I assign the command under the keybinding_commands and then create a binding under the appropriate global_keybindings. However, the command doesn't seem to execute when I press the hot keys.
I've tried switching around the hot keys to various options. I have also tried creating a bash script containing the command (which runs fine in the console) and then assigning it in gconf-editor. But, nothing wants to work.
Any help would be appreciated.