On 2/13/07, Christopher Arthur <caa0012 at unt.edu> wrote: > Unfortunately, I don't have a network that will support an rlogin at the > moment, but after reading > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6179960 > my guess is that it is not the problem for two reasons. First, I don't have > the same chipset (it's a satellite pro m15). Second, i know that the > keyboard is still functional even though I can't see anything. Here's how I > know. To restart the laptop, I depress the power button for about 3 seconds. > If I hold it longer, the power just cuts off abruptly, but for less than > three seconds or so, then solaris pops up a window giving me a choice to > reboot or shutdown. Since shutdown is highlighted by default, pressing enter > sets it going. So even when the screen is off, i can still do this, hold > power for three seconds, and then I hit enter. I can tell that hitting enter > has an effect because the hard drive light starts flashing as soon as i hit > it.
I have a Satellite, and sometimes when the display goes into power-save mode it doesn't come back either. To correct, I close the lid for a moment and then open it, and it starts working again. Might be worth a shot. -- Eric Enright
