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

Am Dienstag, 23. September 2003 00:43 schrieb Robert Vollmert:

gmorning =)

> 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

im still newbie (means x ;P)

> $ xset dpms force off

muaBs:/home/muab # xset dpms off
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

xset:  unable to open display ":0"

=(

> 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.

you mean while compiling a kernel?

thx
muab


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