On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 00:37, Nirmal Govind wrote: > > > > Make sure /dev/apm_bios exist and APM emulation is compiled in your > > kernel. Tha way, X will suspend itself properly. > > Thanks a lot Ben.. I compiled APM emulation and now it works great! well.. > with > a slight quirk reported by some others.. when it comes back from suspend in X, > there's a screen with some red and black which disappears in a second or two > and the original desktop is restored..
The X server restores the screen contents, and it probably doesn't run earlier. The kernel might be able to turn off the panel before, but that's a really cosmetic detail so I wonder why it comes up so often... -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
