On 03/15/2012 11:44 PM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Don, 2012-03-15 at 12:33 -0800, Kristen R wrote: >> >> Your requested files can be found at ftp://atmyhome.org/kristen >> >> I have included dmesg, Xorg.0.log, and a screen shot of top. > > The lines > > disable FP1 > > at the end of Xorg.0.log indicate something is telling the X driver to > put the monitor into DPMS power saving mode. It's not clear what that > is, but it looks like it might be some kind of daemon such as > gnome-power-manager or maybe upower or something HAL related. Does the > problem also occur if you start some kind of failsafe session instead of > your normal one? > > BTW, any particular reason why you have acpid installed? There's no ACPI > on PowerMacs. >
I had installed some power management software seeking the ability to hibernate or suspend this box when inactive. I like those feature found on OS X 10.5 and use them. As it is under Debian when I click the log out icon on the Xfce panel I can either: Log Out, Restart, or Shut Down. The Suspend and Hibernate choices have no effect. The settings I chose in the power management settings fail to suspend the monitor or computer after a period of inactivity. The only way I see to minimize this box's electrical usage when inactive is to turn it off. I have removed the apmd, and apcid package installations. I also removed any packages which seemed to me to try and control fan speeds, cpu speeds, and lm sensors as well. Since the PPC doesn't incorporate any of these I am aware of. In the course of looking through packages I found that I had both kernels for single processor and smp processors installed. I have removed anything except those related to powerpc-smp processing as I have dual processors. This mix was a result of installing Debian, but not using an installer for dual processors. Something I didn't know about at the time. A reboot later and the screen went black within a minute or two of logging in to my account. It seems that if I don't lose my video within those few minutes of logging in I'll be OK for the rest of the session. Else I must log in via SSH and restart GNOME Display Manager. I have just posted new files; Xorg.0.log.1 and dmesg.1 to ftp://atmyhome.org/kristen These files are subsequent and results of the package activity listed above. I have also posted a file dpkg_list which contains the results of dpkg --list command. Perhaps you can see something which either needs to be installed or removed. I appreciate all the help! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f63e045.5090...@atmyhome.org
