[SOLVED] Turn off backlight without X

sironitomas · 2010-01-27 01:17:28

Hi everyone. I have a laptop running Arch, and usually i don't use X, just the tty's. What i want to know is if there is any way to turn off the backlight frome there. In X i just use

xset dpms force off

But in tty that command is useless. Any ideas? Thanks!

Last edited by sironitomas (2010-09-09 18:31:19)

sironitomas · 2010-01-27 06:38:21

Can anyone give me a repply?!

majiq · 2010-01-27 06:39:17

http://www.installationexperiences.com/ … -with.html

jt512 · 2010-01-27 07:40:43

sudo vbetool dpms off

To turn it back on, blindly type "sudo vbetool dpms on" or switch to vt7.

Jay

sironitomas · 2010-01-27 20:01:40

Thanks! It would be more usefull if we could turn it back on just typing, or with a key combination..

Gusar · 2010-01-27 20:49:00

Another way to do it, doesn't require sudo:

setterm -blank force

Then, to turn back on, blindly type:

setterm -blank poke

barzam · 2010-01-28 16:29:21

Laptop mode tools can fix this as well.

majiq · 2010-01-28 20:40:18

You could write a script to be executed at a keystroke in your terminal - assuming you don't autologout.

sironitomas · 2010-01-28 21:34:39

majiq wrote:

You could write a script to be executed at a keystroke in your terminal - assuming you don't autologout.

That seems to be a good option, but unfortunately i don't know how to do that kind of scripts

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[SOLVED] Turn off backlight without X

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