From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:43:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:43:48 -0500 Received: from eliot.thebog.net ([209.220.238.57]:25357 "EHLO mail.thebog.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:43:32 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:43:29 -0500 To: "Rodney M. Jokerst" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem: Blank screen in X after heavy disk access (2.4 only) Message-ID: <20010116164329.A1247@eliot.thebog.net> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from rmjokers@gnwy29.wuh.wustl.edu on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 03:11:01PM -0600 From: Nathan Thompson Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 03:11:01PM -0600, Rodney M. Jokerst wrote: > This action causes my screen to go blank in X and remain blank > unless I move the mouse or type on the keyboard. The second I stop doing > one of these activities, it goes blank again. While it is blank, it seems > to be flashing every second, as if it is recieving blank screen commands > repeatedly. This behavior continues until I restart the machine. If I > switch to a console, everything is fine. If I restart the X server, the > behavior continues. Is this a VIA chipset based motherboard? If so someone (Vojtech Pavlik ?) has a patch that helps this... It is a hardware error. For what it's worth I have seen this exact same behavior on my machine in 2.2.x. I have an abit ka7 motherboard, via kx133 chipset. Nate > thanks, > > Rodney M. Jokerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/