Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 18:53:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> To: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> Cc: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> Subject: Re: Laptop update... Message-ID: <20030421185255.V56266@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> In-Reply-To: <3EA4122A.8090603@isi.edu> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030420190618.16891w-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200304201807.29531.cbiffle@safety.net> <3EA4122A.8090603@isi.edu>
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Lars Eggert wrote: > On 4/20/2003 6:07 PM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > > > On Sunday 20 April 2003 04:09 pm, Robert Watson wrote: > > > >>When you wake the box up again, try switching to another virtual console > >>and back again, and/or changing the display resolution using > >>ctrl-alt-[keypad + or -]. I've noticed similar things with my Dell > >>notebook, and seem to recall a discussion of this issue previously. > >>Basically, when things wake up, some piece of something forgets to power > >>the backlight back on again. > > > > I've had similar issues on my Toshiba laptop. There are patches to XFree > > floating around that resolve this, at least on my machine; basically, XFree > > does not do a full reinit of the display on resume, by default. So, in my > > case, I have no mouse cursor; in your case, you have no backlight, and so > > forth. I've been digging for the patches and can't find 'em, but you may > > have more luck than I. > > FWIW, in the case of my Dell at least, it's also an issue with syscons, > not just X. And it's not just the backlighting, the whole screen stays > black. I'm having the same problem with a Dell Latitude C800. > Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant > > Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/ >
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