For those who use the VNC Server, you know that turning the screen off blanks out the VNC session on your remote computer (x11 session).

So if the N900's screen is off (but the phone is on, in standby) you can SSH to it, but cannot have a working VNC session to it. Does anyone know how to enable the VNC even if the screen is off?

ANSWER

This can be resolved by connecting via SSH and typing

dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_tklock_mode_change string:unlocked

The above will turn on the N900 screen, the below will turn the screen off...

dbus-send --print-reply --system --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_tklock_mode_change string:locked