I found a workaround in german from 2008 on this page: http://soltano.blogspot.com/2008/03/hp-compaq-6720s-der-tragdie- zweiter.html He used the vbetool dpms off command. I did not try it. Maybe someone finds it helpful.
I tried Mackkies workaround (commenting out all lines in the /etc/acpi/events/videobtn file). It did not work for me. -- closed Laptop Lid to reliably keep Backlight off https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41994 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
