Re: [CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight

2008-09-09 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 09:39 -0400, Joe Tseng wrote: > I inherited an ancient Dell Latitude C840 and recently installed > CentOS 5.2 on it. It worked fine for the most part, but when I left > it overnight and came back the next morning, the screen blacked out > and wouldn't come back unless I did a

RE: [CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight

2008-09-09 Thread Joe Tseng
ect: Re: [CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: centos@centos.org > > Joe Tseng wrote: > > I inherited an ancient Dell Latitude C840 and recently installed CentOS 5.2 > > on it. It worked fine for the most part, but when I left it overnight a

Re: [CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight

2008-09-09 Thread nate
Joe Tseng wrote: > I inherited an ancient Dell Latitude C840 and recently installed CentOS 5.2 > on it. It worked fine for the most part, but when I left it overnight and > came back the next morning, the screen blacked out and wouldn't come back > unless I did a hard reset. Even though I turned

RE: [CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight

2008-09-09 Thread Joe Tseng
Yeah I tried that too but no luck. I know the Fn button works since I'm always able to pop open the DVD tray. > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 08:53:13 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight > > hmmm, usually ctr

Re: [CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight

2008-09-09 Thread Rob Townley
hmmm, usually ctrl-alt f1 would fix this. Sine that isn't working, have u tried switching to external vga and back. That did the trick for me on Dell Latitude C610's. On 9/9/08, Joe Tseng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I inherited an ancient Dell Latitude C840 and recently installed CentOS 5.2 >

[CentOS] LCD blanks out overnight

2008-09-09 Thread Joe Tseng
I inherited an ancient Dell Latitude C840 and recently installed CentOS 5.2 on it. It worked fine for the most part, but when I left it overnight and came back the next morning, the screen blacked out and wouldn't come back unless I did a hard reset. Even though I turned off all the power mana