On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> I was just trying out the screenblanking support for the z50; and was
> overjoyed to find that it works!

enabled by default in the new 1.5.2 GENERIC kernel? 

is the TrackPoint enabled in the new kernel?

howabout X11? 

xset s on 

???

> while trying to explore its properties, tho; I managed to hang the machine.
> :(
> I found that closing the cover didn't suspend the screen. :(
> I was ssh'ed into it at the time; and tried (as root) running
> /usr/bin/screenblank. it complained that /dev/wskbd0 was busy and couldn't
> access it.
> so I logged into the console, and tried it from there. same result. 
> i hit the suspend button, and it blanked the screen. hitting the <enter> key
> a couple of times verified that the whole machine was suspended (the
> expected behavior).
> 
> however, when I pushed the suspend button again; the screen showed several
> vertical grey bands (composed of what looked like individual grey streaks);
> the network activity light (on the network card dongle; a Linksys ne2k
> clone) blinked a few times; and the system was unresponsive. :(
> 
> the display was in 'reverse' video mode at the time (black text on white
> background).
> 
> what is the best way to provide more debugging information?
> 
> Carl Soderstrom
> -- 
> Network Engineer
> Real-Time Enterprises
> (952) 943-8700
>