Bug#403350: xserver-xorg-video-nv: xset dpms force off does not turn off the backlight

["Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>]

On 5/8/07, Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> Hi Giuseppe,
>
> Does this problem with xset dpms force off not working still occur with
> latest xserver-xorg-core 1.3 and xserver-xorg-video-nv 2.0.2 from
> unstable?

No, the command still limits itself to blanking the screen without
turning off the backlight. I still need to switch to console and use
vbetool commands to turn the backlight off.

> Did this dpms command ever work before?

Not for me.

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta