On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 11:20 +0900, Joseph Sanger wrote: > > Forgive me if this has been covered before, there were some messages in > the archive which I couldn't seem to open. > > I am new to Linux and have installed Debian Testing on a dual boot with > OSX. I have a powerbook5,8 (one of the last ones, with the high-res screen). > > The powerbook sleeps fine I think, but probably about 50% of the time, > on wake-up, the display freezes with a black screen and then slowly > begins to "bleach" white and purple from the top. Obviously I shut down > immediately as this looks dangerous.
FWIW, I haven't heard of this blooming damaging hardware. Still it's probably a good idea not to leave it indefinitely. :) There seems to be a race condition somewhere which sometimes causes this when setting a video mode. I can usually get back the correct display by forcing a mode set, e.g. by switching between console and X. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
