Zé_Loff <zeloff () zeloff ! org> >On my Tecra M5 (NVIDIA G72m GPU) I manage to turn off the backlight by hitting >Fn+F5 (the 'switch displays' hotkey). I have to hit it a couple of times again >to get it back on, because it cycles through all possible combinations, but it >works... I have no idea what makes it switch, but I guess it has something to >do with acpitoshiba(4). Check your dmesg for that, but I'm pretty sure it'll >be there.
I've tried switching displays to no avail. >I also have a really old Tecra 8000 whose DVD drive is also always blinking. >Not sure if it always spins, but I keep it empty anyway, so it's not really a >problem. This drive otherwise seem okay. If it's usual for display blanking to kill the backlight maybe I should try another laptop.
