Re: [ACPI-sppt] how to turn the display-backlight off?

Strange, because on my notebook all that turns off is the backlight, but
the LCD stays on dimly...

CL

On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 18:43, Robert Vollmert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:20:09AM +0200, tobias magerl wrote:
> > when ideling the display turns to black, but the backlight of
> > the screen wont turn off. as im running this notebook as
> > little server, running 24/7 in my bedroom, this is a real pain =(
> 
> is this when running X, or on the console? In X, you could try running
> 
> $ xset dpms force off
> 
> to see if the display can be set turned with DPMS. If so, I think you
> don't even need any ACPI support. I seem to remember that there's some
> kind of kernel option to blank the console with DPMS, too.
> 
> Cheers
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
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Thank you,


CL Gilbert
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