Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg
My laptop screen (I'm using a Toshiba Satellite, I'm not sure which version) randomly went blank for around half a second, then turned back on again; a message was displayed in the notification area from gnome-power-manager, as follows: "Session active, not inhibited, screen idle. If you can see this text, your display server is broken and you should notify your distributor. Please see http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/17/gnome-power-manager-and-blanking-removal-of-bodges/ for more information." (Expected behavior is no screen blanking, and no notification message.) The blog post listed implies that the message in question appears immediately after gnome-power-manager has worked around a known X bug, and that the error should be reported upstream. However, the comments to the blog also imply that the patches in question have been applied to Ubuntu's X server already (I'm running X version 1.6.4); so it's also possible the bug is in gnome-power-manager causing a spurious notification (although that doesn't explain the screen going blank), or maybe even somewhere else affecting both components. This problem's happened exactly twice to me, seemingly for no reason (ugh intermittent bugs); the only unusual thing I was doing restoring from hibernation, rather than rebooting as usual. Sorry I don't really have much more of an idea of what's going on; if more information's needed, ask and I'll try to provide it. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Jan 11 09:54:21 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) MachineType: TOSHIBA SATELLITE T110 Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=ce6fddb1-91cd-4100-b7d6-8daa69e7ffd8 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1 SourcePackage: xorg Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686 XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' dmi.bios.date: 09/29/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.bios.version: V1.70 dmi.board.name: SATELLITE T110 dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV1.70:bd09/29/2009:svnTOSHIBA:pnSATELLITET110:pvrPST1AE-00K00GEN:rvnTOSHIBA:rnSATELLITET110:rvrNotApplicable:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: SATELLITE T110 dmi.product.version: PST1AE-00K00GEN dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA fglrx: Not loaded system: distro: Ubuntu architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-17-generic ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- gnome-power-manager reports a broken display server after random screen blanking https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505820 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
