Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 16:07:20 -0500 (EST) From: Dru <dlavigne6@sympatico.ca> To: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: splash screensaver Message-ID: <20031122160308.G541@genisis> In-Reply-To: <20031122182236.GE4748@npkfbsd> References: <20031122122736.D541@genisis> <20031122182236.GE4748@npkfbsd>
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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
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