Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 19:43:55 -0500 From: Vladimir Egorin <vladimir@math.uic.edu> To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org> Cc: Adam Smith <adam@internode.com.au> Subject: Re: Odd Poewr Saving problems? Message-ID: <20041005004355.GA21241@math.uic.edu> In-Reply-To: <20041005000324.GB44359@green.homeunix.org> References: <20041004234818.GA856@internode.com.au> <20041005000324.GB44359@green.homeunix.org>
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On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 08:03:24PM -0400, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > 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. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\ Same here, with a recent X.org port and Matrox Millenium graphics card. The problem first appeared in XFree86-4.3 and persisted after upgrade to X.org. -- Vladimir
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