Sony VGN-A290 screen - power down?

[Vladimir Grebenschikov]

В вс, 12/03/2006 в 09:35 +0000, Josef Karthauser пишет:
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 08:27:01PM +0300, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
> > ? ??, 10/02/2006 ? 10:56 +0000, Josef Karthauser ?????:
> > > Hi guys,
> > > 
> > > Is there any news on screen handling for sony laptops, especially
> > > the VGN-A290?  My machine suspends ok, but although the backlight
> > > goes off the screen itself stays powered up and the battery life
> > > isn't reduced.
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I have VAIO Z1.
> > It turns backlight off with usual dpms control under X (like: xset dpms
> > 30)
> > 
> > Does your Notebook awakes without problems after suspend ?
> > Mine is never returns from suspend. Any hints on awake ?
> > 
> 
> Yes, mine suspends and resumes ok - the screen comes back fine and the
> backlight switches back on.  However as I said the screen doesn't power
> down fully during the suspend.
> 
> Did I mention that I have acpi_sony.ko loaded.  Do you?

I have both loaded acpi_sony and acpi_video.

> Joe
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Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
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