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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
To: carbonated beverage <ramune@net-ronin.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO on Thinkpad blanks display.
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:07:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080925100746.GA13185@srcf.ucam.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080925070741.GA22376@net-ronin.org>

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:07:41AM -0700, carbonated beverage wrote:

> Without CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO, the above message don't appear.  From this point,
> any pointers on figuring out why the ACPI features makes the screen go blank?

Yes. X assumed that any ACPI key press was a request to switch the video 
output. Upgrade X.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org

  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-25 10:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-25  6:02 Thinkpad brightness keys kill X on 2.6.26.5 carbonated beverage
2008-09-25  7:07 ` CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO on Thinkpad blanks display carbonated beverage
2008-09-25 10:07   ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2008-09-25 19:09     ` carbonated beverage
2008-09-25 19:58       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2008-09-25 20:16         ` carbonated beverage
2008-09-30 23:19 ` Thinkpad brightness keys kill X on 2.6.26.5 Pavel Machek
2008-10-01  0:59   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-10-01  9:40     ` Pavel Machek
2008-10-01  9:54       ` Matthew Garrett
2008-10-01  9:53     ` Matthew Garrett
2008-10-01 18:28       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-10-01 18:33         ` Matthew Garrett
2008-10-01 18:55           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-10-01 20:33         ` Pavel Machek

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