[ltp] Re: [opensuse-xorg] screen remains black after standby on the X40

Volker Krueger linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:21:44 +0100


Dear Matthias,

thanks for your answer. But it is not very comforting I must say...

best,
Volker




Matthias Hopf wrote:
> On Mar 09, 09 19:09:27 +0100, Volker Krueger wrote:
>   
>> HOWEVER, while the X200s is not working I am now using my X40 again. I
>> have upgraded to suse 11.1 and ... guess what: After standby the
>> illumination of the screen remained black!!!!!! This problem is totally
>> random: I had it on standby with 11.1 before and it woke up fine...
>>
>> I was more than glad that it lit again after reboot, but I have NEVER
>> experienced that before on the X40!!!
>>     
>
> Probably an intel driver issue.
>
>   
>> If I am the only one with opensuse and noone else has these problems, I
>> guess it'll be time to switch to a different distribution...
>>     
>
> The other distributions might have the same issue. Might, because they
> tend to have slightly different versions of the driver (with different
> bugs).
>
> Matthias
>
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