[ltp] Suspend to RAM on IBM Thinkpad X23

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:28:17 -0500
"Todd V. Rovito" <rovitotv@rovitotv.org> wrote:

> I have Slackware 10 with kernel 2.6.9 and _NO_PATCHES_.  The system will
> suspend with the following command "echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep" and 
> resumes when I press the power button.  The problem is when the system 
> suspends the screen remains powered on, everything that was on the 
> screen is cleared but it is obvious the screen still has power.  I have 
> added "append="acpi_sleep=s3_bios"" to lilo.conf but the screen still 
> won't shut off.  How do I shut the power off on the screen during 
> suspend?   Thanks for the help.

Shutting the lid should turn off the backlight.

(I have an X22 and it does the same thing - except that X is garbled
when it wakes up. :) )

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