Incoming from Emma Jane Hogbin: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 06:48:44PM +0000, Calum Mackay wrote: > > Try: xset dpms force off > > I've been half following this thread because I too am still trying to > figure out all the things that ACPI can do (my laptop doesn't seem to > support much of the things it should support). One of the things that > doesn't work is the screen turning off completely. > > When I try the command above, the backlight is still on. Is there any way > that I can fix this? I don't really know what xset is controlled > by/installed with--it's X, so probably XFree86? I'm running a 2.4.22 kernel.
Yes, xset is an X thingy. However, you might look a little lower level; it was pointed out to me the other day that setterm has "powersave" options. Take a look at the manpage. fwiw, I'm on a Dell i4k, and I just noticed last night that once I installed the stock 2.4.18-1-686 binary kernel package, my display does turn off. I use apm as I doubt acpi is aware of this machine. I haven't seen a compelling reason to re-compile yet but I imagine that will come eventually. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
