used gnoppix once - now my monitor is dark !

[joerg]

I used the gnoppix cd once and I liked it. Unfortunately, now the LCD Display of my Laptop doesn´t work anymore. It is so dark, that it took my a while to recognize that it´s showing something at all. This occurs already while booting, so it seems that using the gnoppix cd once changed the hardware settings somehow.
I confess that I`m quite desperated cause I´m writing on my thesis right now and all the files are on this computer that I´m not able to use anymore. Can anybody help me ?
Configuration: My Laptop is a Desknote i-Buddie 928; I have SuSE and Windows 2000 installed.