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

On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 08:20, tobias magerl wrote:
> hi there =)
> 
> im having some major problems with my sony vaio pcg-qr10
> and suse linux 8.2
> 
> 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 =(
> 
> i was running windows 2000 before and it worked. i migrated
> to suse linux a week ago (so im a complete linux-newbe).
> since then i didnt get any idea how to achive that.
> i tried to compile some alternate kernels (2.4.22 and 2.6.0-test5)
> but no real effort ;/
> 
> so, does anybody have some idea?
> 
> many thx in advance
> tobias magerl

I just use xscreensaver, which handles display blanking quite well on
all the machines I've used. There might be an option to configure it in
Yast, or you can try running: xscreensaver-demo and setting up 
Advanced | Display Power Management.


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