From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bruno Subject: Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 21:47:41 +0200 Message-ID: <200505022147.42248.bonbons67@internet.lu> References: <20050501142120.0978d2f9.akpm@osdl.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DSgsy-0005dr-Fw for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 02 May 2005 12:47:20 -0700 Received: from [83.222.36.126] (helo=mail.home) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1DSgsv-0001P2-9D for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 02 May 2005 12:47:20 -0700 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Cc: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development On Monday 02 May 2005 11:24, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Sun, 1 May 2005, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 13:16:17 -0700 > > From: bugme-daemon@osdl.org > > To: bugme-new@lists.osdl.org > > Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after > > some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby > > > > > > http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4570 > > > > Summary: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of > > inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby > > Kernel Version: 2.6.* > > Status: NEW > > Severity: normal > > Owner: jsimmons@infradead.org > > Submitter: bonbons67@internet.lu > > > > > > Distribution: Gentoo > > Hardware Environment: > > Does not matter, all my computers have same problem > > Software Environment: > > Problem Description: > > After some time of inactivity the console goes black, but does not put > > monitor into standby mode (this works in X with driver for the card, have > > not tried with vesa driver in X) > > What I would expect is that the monitor is put in stand-by when the > > console goes blank. (Tweaking with fbset does not help) > > > > Steps to reproduce: > > Work on linux console (not under X ;-)), then keep away from > > keyboard/mouse for some time. > > man setterm(1). > > Does it work if you don't use vesafb, but the plain VGA text console? > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- > geert@linux-m68k.org > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. > But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something > like that. -- Linus Torvalds I tried out vga framebuffer (booting with vga=normal boot parameter), but there I still only get blanking instead of standby. With setterm it tried the various "powersave" options (vsync, hsync, powerdown), but none is working. Note, I am using ACPI, not APM for powermanagement! Greetings, Bruno ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. Get your fingers limbered up and give it your best shot. 4 great events, 4 opportunities to win big! Highest score wins.NEC IT Guy Games. Play to win an NEC 61 plasma display. Visit http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20