Hi everybody, I have a Mac G4 Cube (Nov 2000) with an Apple LCD Display (connected through the Apple Display Connector) with the following system * SuSE PPC 7.0 * yaboot 0.8.SuSE * a patched XFree86 Version 4.0.2 * 2.4.2 kernel (k_deflt-2.4.2-2.rpm from SuSE) It all works fine, but after a cold boot the systems comes up normally but the monitor remains off. This problem is also common to Open Firmware; in fact cold booting in OF (alt-apple-O-F) gives the same problem: operational OF (blind typing OF commands produces the expected results) but blank monitor. My solution: cold boot in OS 9.1 (which never fails to switch the monitor on) and reboot in Linux (sometimes iterating the process two or more times until I finally get an ON monitor in Linux). (Notes: this is not an X problem, even the text console or the yaboot prompt is invisible; I already have "output screen" in os-chooser.) Any hints on how to solve the problem? Will a firmware upgrade solve the problem? Will the updated firmware be compatible with my system/kernel/yaboot ? A second, related, question. How do I switch off the monitor with a screen-saver? (Using standard DPMS off-mode give raise to a white screen with backlight on) How can I control display brightness? Thanks to all on this list and to SuSE people. S. M. -- Stefano Miccoli chicco98@inwind.it