My Compaq Armada 1700 does this pretty regularly. There is a loose connection some place and I figure I'll break it more than I'll fix it. I usually just squish or twist the laptop until it snaps back to bright. The video card also has problems restarting into Linux. I think it is a Chips & Technology 655550. A cold boot will fix it. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Josh Trutwin Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 1:16 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [TCLUG] [OT] Laptop LCD Problems I have a laptop that is running Linux but I d not think this is a linux problem. Yesterday I powered off my old Gateway 5150 and today when I powered it back on, the LCD screen is EXTREMEMELY dark, almost completely black, but if you look very closely you can barely see the boot messages and the GDM login prompt when it comes up and I can SSH in. If I plug it into a monitor it looks fine too. No matter what I try I cannot get the brightness back to an even readable level. This occurs right from the BIOS messages so it has to be a hardware issue. Anyone have any suggestions? (Yes, I tried the brightness function keys) Anyone know of a good repair shop otherwise? I don't want to junk this thing as I spent so much time getting it just the way I like it. Thx, Josh _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list