portable, Back light doesn't turn off

I have a ThinkPad R31, running SuSE 9.3. One thing I've noticed, it that
when the screen blanks, after a period of inactivity, the back light stays
on, unlike in Window, where it turns off. Is there any way to get the back
light to turn off, when it's not needed?

tnx jk

I had the same problem with my Dell C600, here's the relevant part of
my xorg.conf.

In ServerLayout:

# first blank the screen, then turn off backlight 1 min later
Option "BlankTime" "11" # doesn't turn off backlight
# Option "StandbyTime" "10" # doesn't turn off backlight
# Option "SuspendTime" "11" # doesn't turn off backlight
Option "OffTime" "12" # Turns off backlight

I also have a script which turns off the backlight anytime I want:

#! /bin/sh
##
## Turn off the backlight.
##
sleep 1
xset dpms force off


Jerry

usually all you need to do is make sure your 'Monitor' in your
xorg.conf/XF86Config-4 file has the DPMS line:

-----------
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30-67
VertRefresh 50-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
-----------

Does that give you any joy?

Cheers

Alex

Unfortunately, it didn't work. :-(

That did it.

tnx