[sf-lug] Ubuntu Server on Laptops

Tyler Trafford ttrafford at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 07:12:19 PDT 2008


Ernest De Leon wrote:

> I am trying to get it to turn off the backlight as well so that it
> prolongs the life of the LCD along with consuming less power.

"vbetool" can do that, depending on the video chipset.  "radeontool" can
do it for ATI.
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Tyler Trafford

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