>>>> I have a fresh install of Gentoo on my laptop and I'm having some >>>> trouble with the backlight that I think is related to the screen going >>>> into some sort of power save mode or something along those lines. Are >>>> there power management settings somewhere or something similar? I'm >>>> on xfce4. >>>> >>>> - Grant >>> >>> I found another clue. It happens whenever I shut my laptop screen, >>> even for a moment. Is this some kind of sleep mode? Might I be able >>> to disable it in the kernel somewhere? >>> >>> - Grant >>> >> >> I had that same issue with closing the screen. I think my solution was >> a KDE setting which won't help you unless there is something similar >> with XFCE. >> >> I'll boot the laptop and see if I Can spot what I did. Ah the things >> we have time for when watching Hulu on a Sunday morning... ;-) >> >> Back later, >> Mark > > Keeping in mind that I'm _not_ using or even testing backlighting, the > place where I controlled whether the laptop got screen locked or > hibernated was in the KDE System Settings app where I disabled all > such stuff. Now the screen just goes black when the lid is closed, > saving some power, but nothing locks, sleeps, hibernates or any other > such response. > > I did nothing in the kernel that I see. > > HTH, > Mark
Thanks Mark. I installed xfce4-power-manager thinking it would do the trick for sure, but unfortunately the behavior is the same even after messing with the settings. Weird.... - Grant
