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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Power management or something?
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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> I have a fresh install of Gentoo on my laptop and I'm having some
> trouble with the backlight that I think is related to the screen going
> into some sort of power save mode or something along those lines. =A0Are
> there power management settings somewhere or something similar? =A0I'm
> on xfce4.
>
> - Grant

I found another clue.  It happens whenever I shut my laptop screen,
even for a moment.  Is this some kind of sleep mode?  Might I be able
to disable it in the kernel somewhere?

- Grant