Comment 15 for bug 397839

I killed GPM and the bug did not show up (I tested for an hour).
Usually it shows up after ~10 minutes and sometimes multiple times an
hour.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Oded Arbel<email address hidden> wrote:
> I have the same issue with a Thinkpad T61 with intel 945 card.
>
> --
> Screen randomly goes off in karmic
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397839
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> Status in X.org XServer - ATI gfx chipset driver: Confirmed
> Status in “gnome-power-manager” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati
>
> Sometimes the internal laptop display (LVDS) goes off (like a DPMS standby) for no reason (there is user activity going on).
> Moving the mouse or typing on the keyboard makes the screen turn on again (no password request or user logout happens)
>
> This happens on a fully updated Karmic with a mobility radeon X700 using the standard radeon driver.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Jul 10 15:11:22 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> Lsusb:
>  Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>  Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>  Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>  Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>  Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> MachineType: Acer, inc. Yspire 1690
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu1
> ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-2-generic root=UUID=79c83fad-2c20-4754-b080-8a8e9e451b51 ro quiet splash
> ProcEnviron:
>  LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-2.16-generic
> RelatedPackageVersions:
>  xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
>  libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5~rc4-1ubuntu3
>  libdrm2 2.4.11-1ubuntu1
>  xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.901+git20090702.74227141-0ubuntu1
>  xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu1
> SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-2-generic i686
> dmi.bios.date: 03/14/06
> dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
> dmi.bios.version: 3A44
> dmi.board.name: Crane II
> dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc.
> dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
> dmi.chassis.type: 1
> dmi.chassis.vendor: , Inc.
> dmi.chassis.version: N/A
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvr3A44:bd03/14/06:svnAcer,inc.:pnYspire1690:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnCraneII:rvrNotApplicable:cvn,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A:
> dmi.product.name: Yspire 1690
> dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
> dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc.
> fglrx: Not loaded
> system:
>  distro:             Ubuntu
>  architecture:       i686kernel:             2.6.31-2-generic
>