Bug 756161 - After screen sleeps from DPMS activation, it stays dim.
Summary: After screen sleeps from DPMS activation, it stays dim.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-intel
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Jackson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-11-22 20:49 UTC by william hanlon
Modified: 2013-02-13 08:03 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2013-02-13 08:03:20 UTC
Type: ---
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Xorg log (31.59 KB, text/x-log)
2011-11-22 20:49 UTC, william hanlon
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Description william hanlon 2011-11-22 20:49:11 UTC
Created attachment 535176 [details]
Xorg log

Description of problem:
When DPMS activates on my laptop and then the display is activated again, the display stays very dim. I can barely see that it's on at all. Trying to use the brightness function keys doesn't help either.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.17.0-1.fc16.i686

How reproducible:
Always.


Steps to Reproduce:
1. xset dpms force off
2. move the mouse to activate the display

  
Actual results:
The screen brightness is too low to see anything. It's barely bright enough to see that it's even still functioning.

Expected results:
Screen should reawaken at normal brightness.

Additional info:
ctrl-alt-backspace resets the x server and restores screen brightness.

This wasn't a problem until a very recent update in some package within the last week or two (not sure which one). This problem started with me on Fedora 15 after I updated my system a few days ago. I performed a fresh install of Fedora 16 yesterday and this problem is still present.

My graphics controller information:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3870
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
        Region 0: Memory at f0500000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
        Region 1: I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
        Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Region 3: Memory at f0600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
        Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
                Address: 00000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

Comment 1 Klaasjan Brand 2011-11-24 13:09:03 UTC
Same problem here. Smolt ID is pub_af00c368-f9a2-430c-83f7-7c4e81c35311

Comment 2 william hanlon 2011-12-14 20:54:24 UTC
Will this bug be assigned? I keep getting bit by it hard. The system is completely unusable after it sleeps if one forgets to disable DPMS, which is not ideal anyway, since it is not energy efficient to leave the display constantly on.

Does anyone know how to run the command "xset -dpms" when gnome starts? I'm not familiar with how gnome does this (.config/autostart I think, but not completely sure yet).

Comment 3 william hanlon 2011-12-27 01:18:20 UTC
This may be resolved now. There's been a few kernel updates over the past couple of weeks. Today I tried letting DPMS put my monitor to sleep and after waking it up it seemed to work fine. It's been working OK all day now...

Comment 4 Need Real Name 2012-08-09 16:40:47 UTC
I am expecting a similar issue with recent kernels. Reported under bug 847090. Noted that this is a data loss bug since all of my GUI apps lose state.

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