Bug#377977: xserver-xorg-video-ati: dpms not working with xlock, log noise instead

[Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>]

Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
Version: 1:6.5.8.0-1a
Severity: normal

Hello,

on my desktop machine with Radeon X800 GTO, DPMS standby does not work
when "xlock -mode blank" is active. The monitor just does not go off,
though standy works usually when no xlock runs. This alone would
indicate a problem in xlock, but I see messages in Xorg.0.log, appearing
every five seconds:

(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2)
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2)
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2)
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2)
(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2)

So I assume that something has been prepared for the DPMS standby but is
looping somehow, somewhere.

I would happily test patches if you suggest some.

Eduard.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.4
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-ati depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-15   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  xserver-xorg-core             1:1.0.2-8  X.Org X server -- core server

xserver-xorg-video-ati recommends no packages.

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