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 don't know the details of your laptop, but when xscreensaver blanks, it turns off the backlight on many laptops, including my Vaio. I use the Debian 2.2.17 kernel out-of-box, no different config options or modules required (unless I want to blank it while not running X, which I just about never do). HTH, -Adam P. Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe!