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Date:      Sun, 07 Dec 2003 22:15:39 -0500
From:      "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To:        Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tp40 screen blanks forever 
Message-ID:  <E1ATBs6-0000Oc-4D@t40.swtch.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:54:21 PST." <E1ATBXS-000E6N-AM@ran.psg.com> 

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> thinkpad t40p
> 4.9-stable as of friday, all cvsupped and portupgraded to death
> 
> SYMPTOM: if i leave the desktop alone for maybe an hour, the screen
> is blanked and i can not get it back, even by killing X.  i have to
> reboot the machine to get the screen back

you can ctl-alt-f1 to switch to a text console,
then fn-f7 to turn off the lcd, then fn-f7 to turn
it back on, then alt-f9 to go back to x.

at least, that's how i've been limping along on
my t40 (not t40p).

russ



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