Re: Power management woes [Was: "binks" when using newer kerels]

2009-05-30 Thread Oron Peled
On 30.05.2009 Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > When I unplug the laptop (Lenovo X200, fully yum-updated Fedora 10, > KDE, etc., etc.) I expect it to continue working. Audacity of hope, > bla-bla. Instead, after a few seconds it suspends itself (KDE kicker > actually pops up a little black balloon saying "c

Power management woes [Was: "binks" when using newer kerels]

2009-05-30 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Oron Peled writes: >> What am I doing wrong? ;-) > > Making our laptops look miserable comparing to yours ;-) To sweep this totally unwarranted accusation away once and for all, here is my problem that maybe someone can help me with: I am probably doing something wrong with power management. Wh

Re: "binks" when using newer kerels

2009-05-30 Thread Oron Peled
On 30.05.2009 Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Oron Peled writes: > > Fedora 10, HP DV-4000, with Intel-915GM (I think, it's not in front > > of me now). Please note this computer is 3+ years old... > Hmm... I am typing this on Fedora 10, Lenovo X200, with Intel 915 > (well, lspci says > > 00:02.0 VGA

Re: "binks" when using newer kerels

2009-05-29 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Oron Peled writes: > Few months ago the situation was much worse (for me), with random freezes > on KDE (switched temporarily to GNOME). Now I get similar "flickers" only > briefly during login (probably because of resolution changes etc.) > > You should use these drivers with up to date Xorg+dri

Re: "binks" when using newer kerels

2009-05-29 Thread Oron Peled
On 29.05.2009 Diego Iastrubni wrote: > I am using Mandriva 2008.1 (yes, the old one) and decided to upgrade my > kernel. I tested 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 (git, from Linus branch) nad under both I > get random "blinks" in the screen. It's like the screen gets shut down for > 100-200 msec, and then cont

"binks" when using newer kerels

2009-05-29 Thread Diego Iastrubni
Hi all, I am using Mandriva 2008.1 (yes, the old one) and decided to upgrade my kernel. I tested 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 (git, from Linus branch) nad under both I get random "blinks" in the screen. It's like the screen gets shut down for 100-200 msec, and then continues on working. The machine is a