Re: Console: Laptop vs backlight-off problem

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 20 May 2010 05:22:26 -0400, groups, freeman wrote:

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> 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 <all_available_options>' with no successes either, as well
> as invoking the commands one-at-a-time instead of as a single large
> command line.)

Have your checked "/etc/console-tools/config" file?

Greetings,

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Camaleón