Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:03:24 -0400 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org> To: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd Poewr Saving problems? Message-ID: <20041005000324.GB44359@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20041004234818.GA856@internode.com.au> References: <20041004234818.GA856@internode.com.au>
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On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:18:19AM +0930, Adam Smith wrote: > I have a strange issue with power saving and FreeBSD 5.3. I've been > experiencing it through BETA4-6. > > I am running X with KDE3.3, and every now and then FreeBSD presents me with > a black screen (as if it has detected that it is now time to suspend > display). > > Each time it is fixed by just pressing a button or moving my mouse, as per > a normal power saving function. > > Is there any other information I can provide that might shed some light to > the problem? I see the same thing running a KDE3.3 desktop and Xorg. It only happens a few times, though, soon after I first enter X. If anyone knows how to enable any kind of logging for DPMS requests to see if it's an X app causing it, or to log the DPMS timers to see if it's an X server bug, I'll try them. -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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