Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 428328
Screen enters standby randomly
Last modified: 2009-01-09 02:35:05 EST
Description of problem: Screen enters standby randomly. In order to exit standby on the screen the user must enter another console with CTRL-ALT-F1 and switch back with CTRL-ALT-F7 in order for the display to return. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 8, up to date as of 10Jan08 How reproducible: Completely Random. I notice it happens when I surf random pages in Firefox, but can not reproduce the bug by revisiting those pages. Other users have reported it happening with other programs at http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=176432&highlight=display+blank Steps to Reproduce: N/A completely random. Happens for me about once per week. Actual results: Screen enters standby. Expected results: Screen should not enter standby when computer is in use. Additional info: Seems related to bug 243022: xorg-x11 radeon driver blanks in the most unopportune moments except the screen will not return without switching consoles.
Created attachment 291327 [details] X-Server config file
Created attachment 291328 [details] X server log
In my messages log I get the following around the time of the screen entering stanby but I think it's just the screen coming out of standby when I switch consoles. The screen went to standby at 14:02 and I switched consoles a few seconds after it occured. Jan 10 14:01:07 localhost gconfd (Orion6-2717): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/Orion6/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 Jan 10 14:02:58 localhost acpid: client connected from 2624[0:0] Jan 10 14:02:59 localhost kernel: agpgart: Found an AGP 3.0 compliant device at 0000:00:00.0. Jan 10 14:02:59 localhost kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:00:00.0 into 8x mode Jan 10 14:02:59 localhost kernel: agpgart: Putting AGP V3 device at 0000:01:00.0 into 8x mode Jan 10 14:02:59 localhost kernel: [drm] Loading R300 Microcode Jan 10 14:03:16 localhost gconfd (root-2961): starting (version 2.20.1), pid 2961 user 'root'
This message is a reminder that Fedora 8 is nearing its end of life. Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 8. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as WONTFIX if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '8'. Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' to a later Fedora version prior to Fedora 8's end of life. Bug Reporter: Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we may not be able to fix it before Fedora 8 is end of life. If you would still like to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version of Fedora please change the 'version' of this bug to the applicable version. If you are unable to change the version, please add a comment here and someone will do it for you. Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes bugs or makes them obsolete. The process we are following is described here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Fedora 8 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2009-01-07. Fedora 8 is no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug. If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.