Comment 2 for bug 363059

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Calvin Morrow (calvin-morrow) wrote : Re: [jaunty] dpms does not switch off backlight on laptop screen

Same behavior here:

Jaunty amd64 with an ATI 4850 (also tried with a 3850) using Catalyst 9.4 fglrx driver.

xset dpms commands make the screen blank, however the backlight is still on. Vbetool is able to turn off the backlight.