[ltp] Black screen

[David]

David wrote:

> Good morning all,   This is an old problem but I have forgotten the 
> solution. Ravages of age I guess.
>
> About 18 or so months ago I was given a TP 600e. I installed SuSE 9.3 
> and had a problem that the LCD would go off and would not come back. 
> It would stay black. I found the solution in this list. Well the TP 
> only had a 6g harddrive and that was fine for a while. I bought a 30g 
> and tried to clone it with ghost. I have done this a number of times 
> but this time the original drive failed during the cloning. I just 
> went ahead and installed the 9.3 again, but the black screen problem 
> is back. I cannot remember how this was solved.
>
> Symptoms   When the laptop sits idle for a while the screen shuts down 
> and the only way to bring it back is to go into hibernation and then 
> out. I know the answer is her but I cannot locte it. Will someone 
> please refresh my memory?
>
> David


Not one response?   I know I found the original solution here. Someone 
must be able to clue me in.

David