[ltp] frequent black screen on start-up, good later on

[Eben King]

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Mack Stevenson wrote:

> Pointing a lamp directly at the screen l've noticed that the screen is not 
> really *off*: it is just incredibly dimmed. I can see the text scroll by, 
> and the colorful IBM logo is also visible right after booting.
> 
> Has anyone experienced a similar situation? Can this be a hardware problem, 
> even if the screen works perfectly when it is "lighted"?

Try hitting the key combo (twice if necessary) to toggle the backlight 
(Fn-F3 on my T40).

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