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Date:      Sun, 7 Dec 2003 22:05:40 -0800
From:      Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To:        "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tp40 screen blanks forever 
Message-ID:  <E1ATEWb-000J2j-3N@ran.psg.com>
References:  <E1ATBXS-000E6N-AM@ran.psg.com> <E1ATBs6-0000Oc-4D@t40.swtch.com>

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>> SYMPTOM: if i leave the desktop alone for maybe an hour, the screen
>> is blanked and i can not get it back, even by killing X.  i have to
>> reboot the machine to get the screen back
> you can ctl-alt-f1 to switch to a text console,
> then fn-f7 to turn off the lcd, then fn-f7 to turn
> it back on, then alt-f9 to go back to x.

that is absolutely disgusting.  but it works!  thank you, thank you!

now i wonder what the actual problem is.

randy



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