From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 13:06:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A1B116A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:06:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25CA243F3F for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:06:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dlavigne6@sympatico.ca) Received: from genisis ([64.230.28.163]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031122210616.JRPN10793.tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net@genisis>; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 16:06:16 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 16:07:20 -0500 (EST) From: Dru X-X-Sender: dlavigne6@genisis To: Nathan Kinkade In-Reply-To: <20031122182236.GE4748@npkfbsd> Message-ID: <20031122160308.G541@genisis> References: <20031122122736.D541@genisis> <20031122182236.GE4748@npkfbsd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash screensaver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:06:18 -0000 On Sat, 22 Nov 2003, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 12:32:00PM -0500, Dru wrote: > > > > Does anyone know the cure for this behaviour? > > > > Splash screen loads nicely and acts as screensaver as it should. However, > > when I press a key to exit the screensaver, the contents of all of my > > terminals look like they're running by at a high rate of speed. The only way > > to get my terminal back is to press ctrl alt F9, then go back to a terminal. > > > > I've made the necessary modifications to the splash configuration section > > of /boot/loader.conf, but haven't put any options in /etc/rc.conf > > > > Dru > > Is this on a laptop? I have had a similar problem on an old IBM > Thinkpad 560. I never have figured out exactly what the problem is, but > I feel that it is likely related to the power management on the laptop. > Generally, this only happens to me after the machine has sat idle for > quite some time. This doesn't answer your question, but I am curious to > see that someone else is having this same issue. Are you able to turn > off all power management features to see if that makes a difference? Hmmm. Power options made sense, but unfortunately didn't make a difference. I tried booting into "without ACPI" mode. Same thing. Tried disabling all power features in CMOS. Same thing. I originally thought it was a KDE thing, as the behaviour started after I typed "startx". Further tests showed it was just a timing issue. The screensaver is fine for the first 2 minutes after bootup, then it gets weird. Maybe its my bios/cpu/motherboard combo. This is the same system that refused to work with mplayer... Dru