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sear

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Registered: 2004-04-24

Posts: 42

screen goes black if i close the monitor (laptop)

hey!

when i close my screen on my laptop, and i open it later, the screen is black. i can't get it back. i even tried alt+ctrl+backspace but that didn't actually work.

what can i do to correct this?

thanks
sear

colnago

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2004-03-25

Posts: 438

Re: screen goes black if i close the monitor (laptop)

It sounds like an acpi problem.  You could check out this page for some pointers:  http://www.linux-laptop.net/

If you give more hw details, you can maybe get a more informative response here.

Good luck.

sear

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Registered: 2004-04-24

Posts: 42

Re: screen goes black if i close the monitor (laptop)

what information do you need?

my laptop is a hp nx7000, 1.5 GHz centrino, 512MB RAM, Ati Mobility Radeon 9200

dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

Posts: 3,378

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Re: screen goes black if i close the monitor (laptop)

did you tried [Fn][F7] (or the F-button that has an icon to switch to external monitor or so . maybe F6 or F8 or something near that) ... some BIOS tend to mess with graphic-card outputs with some drivers when you close the lid

sometimes, you even have to press [Fn][F7] 2 or 3 times to get screen back (as on my laptop )

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colnago

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2004-03-25

Posts: 438

Re: screen goes black if i close the monitor (laptop)

I think these modules are for acpi in rc.conf:

evdev battery button ac