[ltp] [X31] Display off

Andreas Kemnade linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:42:03 +0100


On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:12:23 +0100
David <dvd@abtoen.de> wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> i can't get the display off with runnign X.
> 
radeontool light off

You can get radeontool from
http://fdd.com/software/radeon/

btw: radeontool is also useful for suspend with acpi.
With the 2.6.1-mm5 kernel I get the moon symbol on with
echo 3 >/proc/acpi/sleep
but the display backlight is still on. calling
radeontool light off before that solves that problem.

Greetings
Andreas Kemnade