From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45B7E1381F3 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:52:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B5F7E0B7D; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:52:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.22]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52EA8E0B55 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 01:52:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([84.184.180.193]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MSq5p-1V6dNv2pyX-00RoH0 for ; Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:52:35 +0200 Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 03:52:33 +0200 From: Frank Steinmetzger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Console won't un-blank Message-ID: <20131022015233.GM2497@nukleus.Speedport_W723_V_Typ_A_1_00_098> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <87vc0vjsru.fsf@blackwolfinfosys.net> <20131020180250.GF2497@nukleus.Speedport_W723_V_Typ_A_1_00_098> 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=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20131020180250.GF2497@nukleus.Speedport_W723_V_Typ_A_1_00_098> User-Agent: Mutt 1.5.21 (2010-09-15, Gentoo 1.5.21-r12) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:2g6CbdCBQcDlJ1QyBDh6pZm6SpPzswldCSuTAFtuUPH5ji+vEix ZRboFwT6xtzIuc951qyV3iw5FO6z78Gvh/JWjKnhyR2MxQOdbsZm5dgVyMEgBwaLI8UP68T VsLornOMMKzPyuO8cxGSSLe09aaDdFgHmVYTV0w368dmPGr/4jXAvwmMdu5v8pJ0gzvv2Bn EaP05+NikGfjV/iTVL9Jw== X-Archives-Salt: 801b1836-807e-4173-988f-3b9231fc3531 X-Archives-Hash: 134cc389fc48899fa580ab2cec76a772 On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 08:02:50PM +0200, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > 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. […] Ha! spoken too soon. I upgraded from 3.10.11 to 3.11.6 (including a whole world update in the same go, unfortunately) and now I can't unblank either. What brings the screen back, though, is switching to X for a mo. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla’ Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook service. “There’s no power in the ’verse can stop me.”