Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:04:44 +0100 | From | Juan <> | Subject | Re: VGA blank causes hang with 2.4.18 |
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Richard Gooch escribió: > > Hi, all. Here's a perverse problem: when the screen blanks (text > console) with 2.4.18, the machine hangs. No ping response, no magic > SysReq response. I didn't have this problem with 2.4.7. > > The command I used to configure screen blanking was: > setterm -blank 10 -powerdown 0 > > This is an Athalon 850 MHz on a Gigabyte GA-7ZM motherboard. > > I managed to waste a few hours chasing this, wondering why the machine > hung a while after boot. Of course, I first blamed the jobs that were > started on it soon after boot. Turns out the jobs are not to blame! > > Regards, > > Richard....
I have had a similar problem for a long time with different versions of Linux kernel. This problem rarely occurs and it always does when I am in a text console. MagicSysRq does not help :-(.
Bye!!!! -- D. Juan Piernas Cánovas Departamento de Ingeniería y Tecnología de Computadores Facultad de Informática. Universidad de Murcia Campus de Espinardo - 30080 Murcia (SPAIN) Tel.: +34968367657 Fax: +34968364151 email: piernas@ditec.um.es PGP public key: http://pgp.rediris.es:11371/pks/lookup?search=piernas%40ditec.um.es&op=index
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