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.”
