Inspiron 6400 - Problem when closing screen

[wywid]

On this laptop, when I close the screen, it turn black.
When I open the screen it remain turned off so the laptop is unusable.

[Maxime Chéramy (maxime81)]

No problem here....
Same laptop.

[backuitist (biethb)]

I have exactly the same problem (inspiron 6400 as well).
It happen randomly but my external monitor still work.

[Dominic Thome (dominic-thome)]

Can also confirm this bug.
Under bright light you can see, that the display is workinng, just only the backlight stays off, so you can not see anything on the TFT.

[Julius Bloch (jbloch)]

Hi,
thanks for your bugreport.
Does that happens also with an other Ubuntu Version? For example with the latest Ubuntu developer version Hardy beta one?
You can download them from http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/
If your the problem is stil present can you please provide the following informations:
Output from uname -a ?
Output from lspci ?

@Dominic Thome,
Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

[Dominic Thome (dominic-thome)]

Hi Julius,

had 7.10 on the NB.
It is not on my direct access, so I can not test it, sorry.

regs
Dominic

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From: JuliusBloch [mailto:<email address hidden>]
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:25:02 +0200
Subject: [Bug 67171] Re: Inspiron 6400 - Problem when closing screen

Hi,
  thanks for your bugreport.
  Does that happens also with an other Ubuntu Version? For example with the latest Ubuntu developer version Hardy beta one?
  You can download them from http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/
  If your the problem is stil present can you please provide the following informations:
  Output from uname -a ?
  Output from lspci ?

  @Dominic Thome,
  Which version of Ubuntu are you using?

  ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
         Status: New => Confirmed

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  Inspiron 6400 - Problem when closing screen
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/67171
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[Sergio Zanchetta (primes2h)]

The 18 month support period for Edgy Eft 6.10 has reached it's end of life. As a result, we are closing the linux-source-2.6.17 Edgy Eft kernel task.

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. There are one of two ways you should be able to test:

1) If you are comfortable installing packages on your own, the linux-image-2.6.27-* package is currently available for you to install and test.

--or--

2) The upcoming Alpha5 for Intrepid Ibex 8.10 will contain this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel. Alpha5 is set to be released Thursday Sept 4. Please watch http://www.ubuntu.com/testing for Alpha5 to be announced. You should then be able to test via a LiveCD.

Please let us know immediately if this newer 2.6.27 kernel resolves the bug reported here or if the issue remains. More importantly, please open a new bug report for each new bug/regression introduced by the 2.6.27 kernel and tag the bug report with 'linux-2.6.27'. Also, please specifically note if the issue does or does not appear in the 2.6.26 kernel. Thanks again, we really appreicate your help and feedback.

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Unfortunately this bug report is being closed because we received no response to the last inquiry for information. However, the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Beta release was most recently announced - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta . If you are able to confirm this is still an issue with this most recent release please feel free to reopen this report. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks.