On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 10:59:19AM -0400, Anand Saxena wrote:
> O Wise Ones,
>
> I was wondering if anybody knows how to turn off the LCD screen, which is
> more than blanking it. I would like to be able to add some sort of an
> option that will turn off the backlight completely when the laptop has not
> been used for a certain period of time. Currently, my laptop screen turns
> black, but the backlight remains on.
>
I was reading the HOWTOs and the kernel configs the other day while getting
the correct options for my Dell Inspiron and I do remember something in the
APM (Adv. Power Mgmt) section.
There is a kernel option as I recall that allows the BIOS to turn of the
backlight when it enters power saving mode - but this only works if X isn't
running. If you can't find any information in the HOWTOs try looking in
the kernel docs I know I read about it somewhere.
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