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Turning off a laptop's display...?

  • 14-04-2005 10:14AM
    #1
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭


    Is there a method for this? I frequently leave my laptop on overnight while it compiles this or that and the screen glaring at me is annoying. Is there a method to turn the display on or off?


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  • #2
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    Fenster wrote:
    Is there a method for this? I frequently leave my laptop on overnight while it compiles this or that and the screen glaring at me is annoying. Is there a method to turn the display on or off?

    Not to be funny, but have you tried closing the lid?


  • #3
    Fenster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭Fenster


    It puts it into standby, which screws up things royally. :p


  • #4
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    try setting it to NOT go into standby when you close the lid :p Its what i did.


  • #5
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    Yeah, that's what I have also done.


  • #6
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    Which brings me to another important point.

    If i press the lid switch on my laptop, the screen turns off. If i let go of it, the screen doesn't turn on. How the feck do i get it to reenable? I finally managed a work around. I press ctrl-alt-F6 (or something) and then press ctrl-alt-F1. That brings me to a different virtual console (i think they're called) and back to the original one. This reenables the screen.

    Its a Dell D505, and i'm running Debian, but i can switch if needed :p


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