[ltp] Screen turning off without caring about USB mouse

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 12:55:57 +0200
Christian Teij=F3n <christain@gmail.com> wrote:

> I own a T41, my screens turns automatically off after a period of
> inactivity, which is OK, but moving and using the USB mouse doesn't
> mean activity so when browsing or reading documents the screen
> continuously gets black because the only thing I'm doing is moving the
> usb mouse. Any ideas ?

I don't have a T41, but on other Thinkpads this behavior is adjustable in
the BIOS.  I don't think it'll ever be sensitive to your USB mouse, but
you should be able to stop the screen from turning itself off.

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