[SOLVED] Debain Lenny, Toshiba, LCD remains dim if booted on battery

mike11 · 10-27-2009, 09:23 PM

Toshiba laptop, Debian Lenny.

If I boot the laptop on battery (no power plug) the LCD is dim (almost unreadable), I've unticked
system->preferences->power manager->dim LCD on battery

but the laptop still boots in a `dimmed LCD' mode.

Any ideas how to disable this dimming?.

Cheers,
Mike.

wfh · 10-27-2009, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike11

Toshiba laptop, Debian Lenny.

If I boot the laptop on battery (no power plug) the LCD is dim (almost unreadable),

This gets you a couple of packages which might interest you:

Code:

apt-cache search toshiba

toshset - Access much of the Toshiba laptop hardware interface
toshutils - Toshiba laptop utilities

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mike11 · 11-23-2009, 09:51 PM

This solves the problem: flip the lcd screen down to keyboard (`closed' position), plugin the ac cord, flip the lcd back upwards.