Hey Andrew I am using the open source Intel Graphics driver and I have both AC Power and Battery Power settings for "When laptop lid is closed" set to "Blank Screen".
I'm not one to use Hibernate or Standby and I haven't had these problems until recently (as in the last month) which is why it's so peculiar. Jai On 2/17/08, Andrew Oakley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jai Harrison wrote: > > having some issues with Gutsy - namely being automagically logged out > > and presented with the GDM sometimes when the notebook lid is closed. > > The other is a bizarre black screen state in which the monitor simply > > turns off and won't turn back on again (resulting in a requirement to > > reboot). > > I've been helping track down similar problems in the Hardy alpha > releases. We have discovered that this is caused by poor power saving > support, usually related to graphics card drivers. > > The main workaround is to ensure that you don't use Standby or Hibernate > modes when the lid closes. Instead, just use Blank Screen. You can set > this from System menu - Preferences - Power Management. > > This issue appears to be solved in Hardy for the closed-source Nvidia > drivers. Unfortunately it has not been solved for the open-source Intel > drivers. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/180907 > > The irony of this bug being nailed fasted by Nvidia's closed-source > team, than both Intel and the open source community can fix it with the > open source software, is, I'm sure, not lost on any of us. > > -- > Andrew Oakley > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
