[ltp] T40 - Consensus on the blank screen coma (LCD sleep)
issue?
Valient Gough
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 06 Oct 2003 12:46:15 -0700
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Yes - I believe it is related to the X driver your using. You might
look through other T40 Linux users's reports:
http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html
My report is also linked from there -- my problems with sleep/suspend &
LCD blanking went away when I switched to another X server (AcceleratedX
commercial server in my case).
Val
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 13:31, Dan Borello wrote:
> It seems to be directly related to what XFree86 Driver you are using. I
> have found that the DRI and ATI one do not exhibit any problems, at
> least for me.
>
> Just tinker with it, It'll work out.
>
> dan
>
>
> On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 14:41, Mark G. Spencer wrote:
> > I've been browsing through the thread and see how people have tackled this
> > issue in various ways. Or at least what I think is this issue.
> >
> > I see people discussing sleep/suspend, but I'm not hoping to even get that
> > far. ;) Unless what is being referred to is sleep/suspend of the LCD, and
> > not the entire system.
> >
> > I just want to be able to "wake" my screen up when the LCD goes into sleep.
> > It goes into a LCD coma whether I'm on battery or AC, it just takes longer
> > on AC. Everything else (pcmcia, hd, etc.) appear to continue running. I
> > subscribe to Red Hat's up2date service, have the latest patches, and it is
> > still broken.
> >
> > Is there a RPM that can be downloaded to resolve this issue? Is it XFree86
> > related? I don't want to turn the LCD sleep off in my BIOS because my
> > battery will be killed in Windows during the work day when I'm not on AC.
> >
> > I called IBM and they blew me off. They are only willing to support Windows
> > on the three T40's we bought, because that was the installed OS. What a
> > joke for $3,000 laptops.
> >
> > Thanks for the advice!
> >
> > Mark
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Yes - I believe it is related to the X driver your using. You might look through other T40 Linux users's reports: <A HREF="http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html">http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html</A><BR>
<BR>
My report is also linked from there -- my problems with sleep/suspend & LCD blanking went away when I switched to another X server (AcceleratedX commercial server in my case).<BR>
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Val<BR>
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On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 13:31, Dan Borello wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#68151e"><I>It seems to be directly related to what XFree86 Driver you are using. I
have found that the DRI and ATI one do not exhibit any problems, at
least for me.
Just tinker with it, It'll work out.
dan
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 14:41, Mark G. Spencer wrote:
> I've been browsing through the thread and see how people have tackled this
> issue in various ways. Or at least what I think is this issue.
>
> I see people discussing sleep/suspend, but I'm not hoping to even get that
> far. ;) Unless what is being referred to is sleep/suspend of the LCD, and
> not the entire system.
>
> I just want to be able to "wake" my screen up when the LCD goes into sleep.
> It goes into a LCD coma whether I'm on battery or AC, it just takes longer
> on AC. Everything else (pcmcia, hd, etc.) appear to continue running. I
> subscribe to Red Hat's up2date service, have the latest patches, and it is
> still broken.
>
> Is there a RPM that can be downloaded to resolve this issue? Is it XFree86
> related? I don't want to turn the LCD sleep off in my BIOS because my
> battery will be killed in Windows during the work day when I'm not on AC.
>
> I called IBM and they blew me off. They are only willing to support Windows
> on the three T40's we bought, because that was the installed OS. What a
> joke for $3,000 laptops.
>
> Thanks for the advice!
>
> Mark</I></FONT></PRE>
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