> 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.
Harald
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