Bug#466608: DPMS bug or feature?

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Anton Ivanov wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-core
> Version: 2:1.1.1-21etch3
> Severity: normal
>
> After DPMS has kicked in and has blanked the screen there is no way
> whatsoever to unblank the screen besides someone touching the real
> keyboard or a mouse. 
>
> As a result it is impossible to unblank up a monitor attached to a 
> media center system which has only a LIRC remote (no mouse
> emulation). If it power saves via DPMS you can for example usea
> xset to turn dpms off and wake the display up. It is no longer 
> in power save mode, but the screen is still blanked. Similarly,
> xscreensaver does not unblank the screen if DPMS is enabled. Without
> DPMS xscreensaver correctly unblanks the screen.
>
> xvkbd events do not unblank
> xset dpms XXX or xset s XXX does not unblank (any XXX from dpms or s
> options)
> xscreensaver-command --XXX (any XXX) does not unblank
>   

Is there any chance you try a more xserver-xorg-core, at least the one
in testing?

thanks,
Brice