Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Nov 1999 09:07:47 +0100 | From | Harald Koenig <> | Subject | Re: Blank console on keyboard request |
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On Nov 24, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi! > > > Funny, I was puzzling over this last night, before I looked at this > > thread. > > > > On my NEC VersSX notebook there does not seem to be a screen blank key > > combination. Instead, I had success with FN-F4 ("display") which > > switches between external monitor, LCD, and both at once. The LCD > > screen can be blanked by switching to just the external monitor (even > > if there isn't one). > > > > Unfortunately, if X is running, the screen gets curdled into garbled > > repeating columns. Any idea what is going on? > > Yes. Your X do not like your bios, or vice versa.
often it's enough to switch X modes to fix such a mess _after_ using FN-F4 or similar.
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