Re: Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

2010-05-21 Thread groups, freeman
Cool, thx for that find! I've played a bit, at first it was looking hopeless, after logging in I'd get backlight=off and dead tty - couldn't even reboot since that would cause full hang (though I could login via ssh, until I hung it via reboot that is). Discovered that a 'stty rows 50 cols 1

Re: Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

2010-05-20 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 20 May 2010 15:37:19 -0400, groups, freeman wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Have your checked "/etc/console-tools/config" file? > Yeah, seems to behave identically as setterm does - works for changing > screen_blank timeout but I had no success with setting anything that > would cause the ba

Re: Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

2010-05-20 Thread groups, freeman
Camaleón wrote: Have your checked "/etc/console-tools/config" file? Yeah, seems to behave identically as setterm does - works for changing screen_blank timeout but I had no success with setting anything that would cause the backlight to extinguish : ( Thx tho! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

2010-05-20 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 20 May 2010 05:22:26 -0400, groups, freeman wrote: (...) > I've tried via setterm (e.g. 'setterm -blank 1 -powersave powerdown > -powerdown 2') and the screen-blanking time is properly adjusted but the > backlight never turns off. (I've tried changing it to include > '-powersave ' with no