[ltp] DPMS not working on i1200

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I have an 1161-43G and I installed the latest XFree with RH7.2 and I get a a blank screen but it then hangs and will not respond.
regards Martin West
> 
> From: ingo@fargonauten.de (Ingo Luetkebohle)
> Date: Sat 17/Nov/2001 19:12 GMT
> To: Linux Thinkpad List <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
> Subject: [ltp] DPMS not working on i1200
> 
> Hiya,
> 
> I can't seem to get DPMS working properly on my i1200.  XFree 4.1.0 is
> used and it claims to enable DPMS during bootup, but the screen is not
> blanked automatically.
> 
> Using "xset force" only works for "off" at all, and even then the
> backlight is not turned off.  Other modes don't work at all.
> 
> Is this a known problem? Are there workarounds?
> 
> Ingo
> 
> P.S. Kernel version is 2.4.15p5, same problem with 2.4.13 and 2.2.18
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Martin West

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