T41 - backlight coming BACK on

[lindros2]

This is my second ThinkPad T41 (completely different models), and I've had this problem now both times:

1. Screen saver comes on (as configured).
2. Shortly after ACPI screen blanking, the screen comes BACK on.

So if I go to sleep at night and wake up, the screen is (and has been) on.

It's very frustrating and happens with an IBM-supplied OS. I have all of the latest drivers installed and IBM tech support has been of zero help.

-josh

[edelrc]

This happens to me too, both with my T42p and A20p. What I noticed is that the applications that you have running in the background are a factor. For instance, just today i noticed the screen cannot turn off when running Adobe Audition 1.5...

[lindros2]

no applications running - just empty desktop...

[Leon]

check running background processes then....

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[edelrc]

Turn off one by one until the screensaver sticks on. Start with those applications that did not came with your laptop.

As I said the same issue has happenned with me multiple times and that i recall it was always an application running in the backgroung or not the factor. (I usually test many software packages so this is a comom problem I go through too, so I started to restore the partition image very frequently and all the problems go away.