Bug#418256: screen stays black after resume, workaround is to switch to console and back
Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
Version: 2:1.9.94-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
I'm using ususpend to ram (s2ram) a lot, using the hibernate package.
Suspending usually works fine, however the screen always comes back as
just black. A workaround I've discovered is to switch to text mode (Ctrl
+Alt+F1) and back to the video console (Ctrl+Alt+F7). I've also had the
impression (didn't test it thoroughly yet, though) that when I do this
too fast, the xserver locks up (i.e. switch back to the video console
before the text console screen is reinitialized).
I'd also like to point out that the text console screen is just as
black, I didn't try to get the login prompt displayed yet, either.
hibernate has some options such as switching to text mode before doing
the suspend, but enabling them didn't help. I remember the
non-modesetting driver to have worked better here, hibernate called
915resolution after resume and then switched to the video console and
that worked just fine.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20.3
Debian Release: lenny/sid
500 unstable ftp.de.debian.org
1 experimental ftp.de.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
=======================================-+-==================
libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) | 2.3.6.ds1-13
libdrm2 (>= 2.3.0) | 2.3.0-1
xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.2.99.903) | 2:1.2.99.905-1
best regards,
Erich Schubert
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