[opensuse-factory] New kernel causing blanking?
Since the new kernel (3.2) in OS 12.2, I've been experiencing display blanking after about 10 minutes of inactivity. I've tried various methods of fixing this found in the forums and message list but they haven't worked. These included creating a new /etc/X11/Xorg.conf and adding scripts to the autostart folder in ~/.kde4. When I boot into OS 12.1 or 11.4 this behavior doesn't exist. Another possibly related problem, when I try to select a screen-saver in KDEs "configure Desktop", it causes a crash. That is the only item that crashes (at least for me) in "Configure Desktop" and I do extensive modification. Is there a way to tell the kernel not to blank? Kernel version: 3.2.0-2-default (also occurs with desktop & failsafe) Thanks for any ideas on the subject. Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSUSE 11.4 x86_64 openSUSE 12.1 x86_64 openSUSE 12.2-M# x86_64 KDE 4.6.00, FF 4.0 KDE 4.7.2, FF 8.0 KDE 4.7.9, FF 10.0 claws-mail 3.8.0 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On 04/03/12 12:03, Thomas Taylor wrote:
Since the new kernel (3.2) in OS 12.2, I've been experiencing display blanking after about 10 minutes of inactivity. I've tried various methods of fixing this found in the forums and message list but they haven't worked. These included creating a new /etc/X11/Xorg.conf and adding scripts to the autostart folder in ~/.kde4.
When I boot into OS 12.1 or 11.4 this behavior doesn't exist. Another possibly related problem, when I try to select a screen-saver in KDEs "configure Desktop", it causes a crash. That is the only item that crashes (at least for me) in "Configure Desktop" and I do extensive modification.
Is there a way to tell the kernel not to blank?
Kernel version: 3.2.0-2-default (also occurs with desktop& failsafe)
Thanks for any ideas on the subject.
Tom
I am running 12.1 but with kernel 3.2.x (.9 at the moment) and found that even though I had screensaver disabled the screen would still blank after a period - until I did the following. This may not have been the real solution of course but you could at least try it. What I did was to set Dim Screen and Switch Off to 180 minutes when running under AC power in the POWER MANAGEMENT (Kickoff>System Settings). I am not using a laptop but a desktop and yet after doing this the blanking stopped. BC -- The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:12:22 +1100 Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote:
On 04/03/12 12:03, Thomas Taylor wrote:
Since the new kernel (3.2) in OS 12.2, I've been experiencing display blanking after about 10 minutes of inactivity. I've tried various methods of fixing this found in the forums and message list but they haven't worked. These included creating a new /etc/X11/Xorg.conf and adding scripts to the autostart folder in ~/.kde4.
When I boot into OS 12.1 or 11.4 this behavior doesn't exist. Another possibly related problem, when I try to select a screen-saver in KDEs "configure Desktop", it causes a crash. That is the only item that crashes (at least for me) in "Configure Desktop" and I do extensive modification.
Is there a way to tell the kernel not to blank?
Kernel version: 3.2.0-2-default (also occurs with desktop& failsafe)
Thanks for any ideas on the subject.
Tom
I am running 12.1 but with kernel 3.2.x (.9 at the moment) and found that even though I had screensaver disabled the screen would still blank after a period - until I did the following. This may not have been the real solution of course but you could at least try it.
What I did was to set Dim Screen and Switch Off to 180 minutes when running under AC power in the POWER MANAGEMENT (Kickoff>System Settings). I am not using a laptop but a desktop and yet after doing this the blanking stopped.
BC
Thanks, Basil, I'll give that a try tomorrow when I'm more awake (it's 2345hrs here). I had tried various settings and had finally just disabled power management. Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSUSE 11.4 x86_64 openSUSE 12.1 x86_64 openSUSE 12.2-M# x86_64 KDE 4.6.00, FF 4.0 KDE 4.7.2, FF 8.0 KDE 4.7.9, FF 10.0 claws-mail 3.8.0 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org
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