How to get screen to light up when getting notifications

[know1]

I really miss having the screen light up briefly when I get notifications. Often, that's what I notice and not the sound.

Has anybody found a way to make the screen illuminate when there is any kind of a notification whatsoever - voicemail, text, or other?

 

[Andrew Ruffolo]

For text, handcent and popsms both work at illuminating the screen.

 

[know1]

For text, handcent and popsms both work at illuminating the screen.

That's true, I guess Handcent does light up although I use Google Voice for my texts.