Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby

Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby

[Andrew Morton]

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.

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Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

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


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Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby

[Bruno]

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



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Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby

[Antonino A. Daplas]

On Tuesday 03 May 2005 03:47, Bruno wrote:
> 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.
>

Yes, I know that the powersave options are not working for a long time now
and I don't know why.

Unfortunately setterm -blank puts the console in VESA_BLANK_NORMAL
only which is defined as blank the screen but keep monitor sync signals on.

Tony




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Re: Fw: [Bugme-new] [Bug 4570] New: vesafb, Console goes black after some time of inactivity, but does not put monitor in standby

[Andrew Morton]

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> 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?
> 

Did we hear back on any of this?  Is the bug still present in 2.6.12-rc5?


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