From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKHwl-0007Af-VG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:18:24 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A265CE03C5; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58DABE03C5 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:18:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1E416717E for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:18:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.065 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.065 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.534, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4pUM93aZ9PcT for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:18:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B95436707D for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:18:12 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvYEAAPbgUhFxIW5/2dsb2JhbACBWqw6gXo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,215,1215403200"; d="scan'208";a="24544824" Received: from 69-196-133-185.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.196.133.185]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 19 Jul 2008 15:18:11 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:18:13 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:18:13 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Screen-saver annoyance after recent update Message-ID: <20080719191813.GC12486@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: b904cb2d-f490-4f89-b5f3-bfe1b0d89da7 X-Archives-Hash: 2304d5273aa704a34dd12dfd34cec055 I did an update yesterday that pulled in, amongst other things, x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati-6.8.0-r1 I'm running 32-bit linux on an Intel Prescott. The video card is 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] I/O ports at cc00 [size=256] Memory at fdef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] [virtual] Expansion ROM at fde00000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 I prefer to run usenet and email on a real textmode console, at 80 columns x 48 rows (YES; fourty-eight). For web-browsing or spreadsheets, I have to flip over to X. - if I walk away from the machine for several minutes *WHEN IT'S IN TEXT CONSOLE MODE* and the screensaver kicks in, I can get the screen back by hitting the shift key, or whatever. - if I walk away from the machine for several minutes *WHEN IT'S IN X11 GUI MODE* and the screensaver kicks in, I *CANNOT* get the screen back by hitting the shift key, or whatever. Even hitting {CTRL-ALT-F1} (back to the text console) doesn't allow me to get the screen back by hitting a key. I have to monkey around with the buttons on my LCD monitor, essentially switching from the DVI input to the VGA input, and back. This is a pain. Is there any way to turn off this behaviour? Another thing I noticed is that X11 spits out a whole bunch of garbage on the tty that invoked it. I do not have TV or any other special video stuff. A 24" 1920x1600 LCD is enough for me. Here is a sample of the output on the tty that invokes X11... best_post_div: 2 restore memmap restore common restore crtc1 restore pll1 finished PLL1 restore FP enable montype: 3 enable montype: 3 disable montype: 3 finished PLL2 finished PLL1 Entering Restore TV Restore TV PLL Restore TVHV Restore TV Restarts Restore Timing Tables Restore TV standard Leaving Restore TV disable montype: 3 init memmap init common init crtc1 init pll1 freq: 154000000 best_freq: 154000000 best_feedback_div: 308 best_ref_div: 27 best_post_div: 2 restore memmap restore common restore crtc1 restore pll1 finished PLL1 restore FP enable montype: 3 enable montype: 3 disable montype: 3 finished PLL2 finished PLL1 Entering Restore TV Restore TV PLL Restore TVHV Restore TV Restarts Restore Timing Tables Restore TV standard Leaving Restore TV -- Walter Dnes -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list