>>>>> "E" == Elwood C Downey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
E> Thanks. I found a computer here with an SIS graphics chip and the end E> of its log looked the same as the one you sent. E> I think the last four lines you found in the log file was just from E> booting the X server, I do not think it happened Dear http://bugs.debian.org/202923 : See what happens when there are no time stamps in log files! No one can tell when the problem occurred. E> as a direct result of XEphem blanking. Now what I see in your xdpyinfo E> is your server implements DPMS, the display E> power management extension. So I think whatever is causing the screen E> blank is due to DPMS in general and is not E> SIS-specific. Today I have powered up the computer, but not run xephem. The lines haven't appeared yet in /var/log/XFree86.0.log Now starting it, and looking at sky view, now exiting, still, /var/log/XFree86.0.log is untouched. Therefore I believe those SISDisplayPowerManagementSet lines were indeed added only upon the mishap. I don't know how they got into your file. I bet there is no timestamp there either so you can't tell if it is part of your boot sequence. It's not part of mine. E> One crude idea I have is to disable display power management inside E> XEphem. This might eliminate the black screens E> when clicking but this has two bad side effects: the user could walk E> away while XEphem is on the screen and be very E> surprised to find his screen is still running at full brightness when maybe make it a run time choice in .exphemrc E> he returns a week later; and two, I know of no I guess each X program is responsible for power saving, and the user can't override them all with a default... E> portable way to make the commands to DPMS, I can only find ways that E> work on UNIX systems running XFree86 X Servers. E> So I do not think this idea is worth pursuing. E> What really nags at me though is why this happens in the first E> place. One idea is that somehow the mouse click is E> advancing the time inside the X Server, so it suddenly thinks a long E> time has elapsed and it is time to blank the E> screen. I used to think this only happened in Sky View but I have seen E> it happen in other Views now too. But always E> only with the right clicking, never a left click. In fact, a left E> click first always prevents the blanking from a E> right click that immediately follows. sounds like a boxing match E> Very very strange. E> Mail: HC31 PO Box 126 Polvadera NM 87828 Phone: 505-835-1325 no more Iowa, I see. Oh, I get it, 'clearsky...' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
