Sony VGN-A290 screen - power down?

[Josef Karthauser]

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?

Joe
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