[vox-tech] Inspiron 8100 Backlight problems

[David Hummel]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:49:52AM -0700, Hans W. Uhlig wrote:
> 
> Ok full details of odd behaviour, If I reset the resolution on battery
> power it turns the backlight on, If I reset the resolution while power
> is ON it turns the backlight off... Any help would be wonderful, (I
> have reset the bios, reflashed the bios, checked acpi(still a possible
> problem)

Do you have any DPMS settings configured in your XF86Config?  If so,
these should probably be disabled.  On my 8200, I configure LCD standby
in the BIOS power management section, which works well.

-David