Re: Monitor goes to sleep on X startup following upgrade in sid
On 1/26/10, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2010-01-26 08:43 +0100, Joe Neal wrote:
>
> > I just rebooted my sid box for the first time in about a week to find
> > that my monitor goes into sleep mode following X startup.
> > Ctl-Alt-F1-F6 wakes it up and lets me log into a console. Ctl-Alt-F7
> > puts it back to sleep.
>
>
> Looks like bug #564115¹.
perhaps it's related, yes
> > There are some segfaults in the X log related to input drivers, but
> > nothing that looks like it would cause this problem. I can't copy and
> > paste easily because I'm on a different computer.
> >
> > I've got a motherboard with an integrated i915 video chipset that uses
> > the intel X driver. The driver is being properly loaded by X
> > according to the logs.
>
>
> In version 2:2.9.1-2, xserver-xorg-video-intel uses kernel mode setting
> by default. I assume you are running a 2.6.32 kernel?
Yes, I am.
> > I've tried switching out GDM for KDM to make sure that's not the problem.
> >
> > I use apt-listbugs and only upgrade once a week or so. I skimmed the
> > list of RC bugs and didn't see anything like this. I searched the
> > debian forum, looked at several recent mailing list archives and
> > asked on irc. Anyone here got any ideas?
>
>
> Try adding a line
>
> options i915 powersave=0
>
> to /etc/modprobe.d/i915-kms.conf. Does that help?
Sorry, no luck.Thanks though. That produced no change.
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