[ltp] Screen blanking and X

[Steve K]

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:55:31 -0400
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Hey folks --

When running off of battery (and seemingly when I boot off battery then plug 
in) my screen blanks after a few minutes.  If it blanks while using X and I 
press a key to restore the display, the backlight comes on but the screen 
remains black and a little flickery.

I can get it back by switching to a console, press Fn-F3 to manually blank the 
screen, press a key to restore the screen (now I can see the console), then I 
can hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 to switch back to X.

Is there anything that can be done to fix this?  Is this what the radeon 
suspend patch it for?  Or is there a way to get the laptop do to the switch 
to console automatically?

cheers,
-steve