From: Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl@getdesigned.at>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] System crashes when idle [SOLUTION(?)]
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:19:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46691F0C.3060703@getdesigned.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4668F88F.5000102@isis-papyrus.com>
Michael Ulm wrote:
> I installed Ubuntu on a second disk and it didn't crash. After a lengthy
> process of comparing setups, I think I found the problem.
>
> In xorg.conf, in the monitor section, I was missing the line
> Options="DPMS"
>
> I'll still have to research how leaving out this option could lead to
> crashes, so I appreciate any insight this group may give.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_Display_Power_Management_Signaling
Since practically every monitor supports this, and since it's
practically always enabled, it may be that other code paths of X.org are
insufficiently tested, causing the server to crash when it wants to put
the monitor into a power saver mode. That's my best guess.
Sebastian Redl
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-29 6:59 [gentoo-amd64] System crashes when idle Michael Ulm
2007-05-29 7:42 ` Peter Humphrey
2007-05-29 9:02 ` Michael Ulm
2007-05-29 16:10 ` Dustin J. Mitchell
2007-05-29 22:37 ` Joshua Hoblitt
2007-06-08 6:34 ` [gentoo-amd64] System crashes when idle [SOLUTION(?)] Michael Ulm
2007-06-08 9:19 ` Sebastian Redl [this message]
2007-06-08 9:55 ` Peter Humphrey
2007-06-08 12:06 ` Dustin C. Hatch
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