On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:40:32PM +0200, Holger Hoffstaette wrote: > On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:02:13 -0400, Michael J. Barillier wrote: > > > If I leave my laptop unattended (at a console, not X) and the screen > > blanks, pressing a key won't un-blank the terminal. As a test, I ssh'ed > > into the laptop and ran: > > > > # setterm -blank poke >/dev/tty$N > > Very likely kernel or DRM subsystem. I have an T60 Thinkpad with old ATI > graphics and since kernel ~3.7.1 (approx.) it won't unblank any more, just > as you described. I tested some time ago with an early 3.10.x and it still > did not work. Everything works correctly on a second machine without KMS > (plain VESA) and a third system with newer Radeon card, so I always > attributed it to the stone age hardware and bitrot. There were quite a lot > of changes to the Radeon and DRM machinery over the last few kernel > releases.
I have here a Samsung P30 (first Centrino generation) with a Radeon 9200 and radeon driver in KMS mode, Kernel 3.10.11. Unblanking works normal. I [br]arely use that machine, only keep it up to date from time to time in case I may need it in lieu of my normal laptop. So its setup is fairly default stage3. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook service. Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
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