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 5688B1381F3 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:02:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6947EE0B23; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:02:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.198]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E32AE0A41 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:02:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shadizar.blackwolfinfosys.net (ool-4574ed7b.dyn.optonline.net [69.116.237.123]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0MUU0068AAVSDW20@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shadizar.blackwolfinfosys.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53BC24072 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from shadizar.blackwolfinfosys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (shadizar.blackwolfinfosys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Bj4Br0MoJ5MH for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:02:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from shadizar (shadizar [192.168.1.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shadizar.blackwolfinfosys.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4043F4060 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:02:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:02:13 -0400 From: "Michael J. Barillier" Subject: [gentoo-user] Console won't un-blank To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <87vc0vjsru.fsf@blackwolfinfosys.net> 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 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at blackwolfinfosys.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) X-Archives-Salt: 67b366d9-0b24-4adf-a356-29b34011ca09 X-Archives-Hash: 409234dc487c042f3dc65d69db6ef515 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 (as root, for the current/active TTY) which according to the man page should restore the screen - no response. Also tried chvt but that didn't work either. Any suggestions on where to look to see why the terminal won't restore? Is this a kernel config (ACPI?) issue, or an agetty issue? -- Michael J. Barillier /// http://blackwolfinfosys.net/u/blackwolf/ _O_| "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." __O| -- Tuco Ramirez OOO|