Sorry about the direct reply. Haven't gotten my mutt config to a point I like it enough to switch from gmail's interface.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 18, 2006 2:10 PM Subject: Re: backlight stays off To: Richard Mittendorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 2/18/06, Richard Mittendorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also sprach "David Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Sat, 18 Feb 2006 > 12:37:30 -0600): > > [...] > > My current problem is the backlight. Running `xset dpms force off` > > works just fine and the system wakes up with no problem. The problem > > is with a lid event the backlight goes off (though the screen doesn't > > blank) and I haven't been able to get it to come back on with out > > rebooting. This happens whether the acpi script is empty or contains > > the `xset dpms force off` command. > > [...] > > First, can you switch it back on with some tool, maybe via ssh or by > blindly typing it in? 'cause I've heard of some issues with broken > (display)drivers too. xset dpms force [off|on] -- neither of these turned the backlight on once it had been shut off by the lid event. Is there another command I should try to toggle the state of the backlight? a cli to the driver or something similar? It worked correctly under ubuntu, unfortunately the backup of my ubuntu /etc is on my desktop which developed some hardware issues over thursday night and is currently in the shop. Thanks --Dave > > > (kernel)acpi should create events to acpid which then would exec the > scripts in the /etc/acpi/action folder according to ./events. > > By cat'ing /proc/acpi/buttons/lid/LID/state you can get the current > lid-state - if it is(gets) open(ed) and BL is off, issue a command to > switch BL back on. > > sl ritch > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
