Stefan Bellon wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > m.nine.six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > if it's a thinkpad (ibm) there is a tool called tpctl and is more or > > less equivalent to the ibm's orinigal dos tool ps2.exe and with this > > tool you can change the bios settings while running the machine. > > Sorry, it's not an IBM. I'll test the suggestin with xset though. > > > but i guess turning of the backlight is an bios option that you can't > > change with software. > > And no, it's not "just an BIOS option" as SuSE manages to turn off the > backlight with the same configuration. So I think Debian should be able > to as well.
FWIW, this does work in Debian on a Vaio, xset can turn the backlight off, the xscreensaver feature works too. -Adam P.
