[ltp] T40: screen blanking also stops sound

[Konstantin Filtschew]

hi,

the problem is well known, what you can do, is setup with your
tpb(thinkpad buttons) the Access IBM key to turn the display off.

You have to install: tpb and radeontool

the thinkpad buttons should run a script like this, I called it
toggle-screen.sh:
-------------------------------- CUT -------------------------------
#!/bin/bash
RADEONTOOL='/usr/bin/radeontool'
status=`$RADEONTOOL light|awk '/The radeon backlight looks / {print
$5}'`;

if [[ "$status" = "on" ]] ; then
$RADEONTOOL light off
elif [[ "$status" = "off" ]] ; then
$RADEONTOOL light on
fi
-------------------------------- PASTE -------------------------------

This should work for xorg, if this doesn't work for you, e-mail me your
output of this command:
root# radeontool light

and I'll change the awk stuff for you.

Greetz

Konstantin


On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:46:38 +0100
Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it> wrote:

> Is this normal ? When I use the Fn+F3 button to blank the screen, xmms
> stops playing music. When I restore the screen, I find xmms stopped
> and pushing the play button resumes my horrible music :)
> 
> Kernel 2.6.9 with APM on a Debian sarge T40 under GNOME.
> 
> TIA,
> Bob
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