-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matt Kraai wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:12:09PM +0800, Nicolas Boichat wrote: >> Matt Kraai wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:45:28AM +1000, Nick Hoffman wrote: >>>> On 28/03/07, Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> I have a MacBook Pro running Debian sid. When it's idle, the backlight >>>>> stays on. Is there a way to fix this? If not, which part of the system >>>>> is usually responsible for turning it off? >>>> hey Matt. did you receive any responses to this email of yours, or did you >>>> figure out a solution? >>> No and no, unfortunately. Do you have any suggestions? >> It's likely that for some reason DPMS is not working properly. > > Thanks for the suggestion. I played around with xset (e.g., xset dpms > force off), but I wasn't able to make the backlight turn off. I also > don't remember having to do anything like this on my old laptop. Is > there a kernel feature that also does something like this?
It's not a kernel feature, it's an X.org feature. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGJjuu01ajQnpJXgERAg3pAJ4vDSXFI85lPmKvCR+KDFwAYb+YJACffWzC 1VKp+BFYNFmiyjKrFMfNIrg= =st34 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
