LCD fails to recover after lid closure on Dell Latitude D520
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Distribution: slackware 13.37 x86_64 desktop, Slackware-current on laptop
Posts: 43
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LCD fails to recover after lid closure on Dell Latitude D520
I am running Slackware 12.2 on my Dell Latitude D520, using KDE as my desktop, whenever I close the lid, the LCD fails to come back on after I open it back up. I have searched the forums, but did not find anything related to slackware.
Distribution: slackware 13.37 x86_64 desktop, Slackware-current on laptop
Posts: 43
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Yes, I am added to the power group, it is an intel 945GM video chip set, it does not suspend, it just goes black, I can get it to recover by pressing ctrl, alt, del and logging out of KDE (blindly I might add) it brings me to the console and I can start x again and it works fine.
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