Low tech solution: did you try to fiddle with the switch in the lid that
switches the screen on and off when opening and closing the lid? works for me
when apm messes up a little, both under X and in console.
Arie Folger
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* I've tried reinstalling the 2.2 kernel without apm support and the
problem (the screen blanking after 5 minutes and then keyboard/mouse not
working after) still occurs
Also, made a type with my setterm statements. What I tried was:
setterm -powersave off
setterm -blank 0
Short desc.: Screen blanks out and then keyboard and mouse will not work.
I have a laptop whose screen will blank out after five minutes of no
movement of the mouse or keyboard. When I move the mouse or press a key
the screen comes back but the keyboard and mouse will not work (though
