Re: Multiple problems on Thinkpad A31p

Matthew Garrett
2004-12-05T15:36:22Z

On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 16:20 +0100, Richard Jelinek wrote:

> standby, suspend & off: switch the display off completely - no backlight
> reduced: no effect
> on: switches screen on again
>
> Don't know whether there should be more parameters, the syntax
> description doesn't end with a ']'
>
> What do the results tell us?

Ok, that's good. In your sleep script, you probably want to do something
like:

CONSOLE=`fgconsole`
chvt 12
dpms off
echo -n mem >/sys/power/state
dpms on
chvt $CONSOLE

> > 2.6.9 has better USB power management.
>
> Hopefully it handles then Unplug (DVD-RAM) & Plug (USB-Craddle for
> Palm) of the Ultrabay as good as the 2.4.26 did: without freezing the
> machine. ;-)

I've had no real problems with it.

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