New Pinebook users start here (01.11.2018)

[Ricardus]

 I was experiencing the problem that so many people have been having. The screen blanking and not coming back to life using any normal means.

 So the first thread I saw on this was this one mentioning the problem:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=6734

And in that thread he links to rookieone's message that mentioned changing set the "Screen Energy Saving" to a smaller value than the "Dim screen" one"

 It also mentioned just disabling both of those features by just UNCHECKING THEM, but with mine, unchecking them doesn't work. It's not persistent. When I uncheck them and hit apply, it makes you THINK it's to work, but when I close out that window and bring it back up the boxes are checked again.

But it does look like set the "Screen Energy Saving" to a smaller value than the "Dim screen" one works.

But those buttons being checked after I unchecked them is a bit concerning. Has anyone else seen that?


@Ricardus:

Please explain what your problem is.

What is "the other thread"?

Can you use this command in the terminal?
$xbacklight -set99