Re: [patch] pwrctl with cpu speed throttling

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@mail.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

> > > no. If you say the problem is in daenzer's XFree. Actually console
> > > puts it to sleep without bothering.
> >
> > See the comments about kernel apm support and the necessary special files
> > in /dev/ to enable the X server to use that, in another thread on this
> > list.
>
> It's all right. I don't have problems putting it to sleep, just under X
> the screen goes noisy just before going asleep.
> Previous reading on the list told me this is not mine defect only,
> do it?

Maybe - but it's neither a defect in pmud nor XFree for all I can see. It
may be a problem in the kernel fb driver, or the normal side effect of the
display powerdown sequence (which is defined by the kernel fb driver,
again).

	Michael