From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 15:54:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5726437B401; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from alpha.siliconlandmark.com (alpha.siliconlandmark.com [209.69.98.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5579E43F3F; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:54:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) Received: from alpha.siliconlandmark.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h3LMrUHE057099; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 18:53:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) Received: from localhost (andy@localhost)h3LMrTSh057096; Mon, 21 Apr 2003 18:53:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from andy@siliconlandmark.com) X-Authentication-Warning: alpha.siliconlandmark.com: andy owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 18:53:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Andre Guibert de Bruet To: Lars Eggert In-Reply-To: <3EA4122A.8090603@isi.edu> Message-ID: <20030421185255.V56266@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> References: <200304201807.29531.cbiffle@safety.net> <3EA4122A.8090603@isi.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Robert Watson cc: FreeBSD Current cc: Ben Laurie Subject: Re: Laptop update... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:54:04 -0000 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/ >