[GRLUG] No screen

[Eric Beversluis]

On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 15:47 -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 12:42:48PM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 09:52 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > > It happened again, coming out of suspend.
> > > Any suggestions (other than "don't suspend").
> > 
> > Try booting with acpi_osi=!Linux and see if that makes a difference.
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 08:11 -0400, Ebever wrote:
> > > > Strange. I noticed the battery light was on even when it was shut down 
> > >>  completely. 
> > 
> > On steady, or blinking?
> > 
> > How did you "shutdown"?
> > 
> > >> So removed batt for a moment. When it was replaced the >> box booted
> > >> OK!?
> > 
> > Yep, that forces a real cold start.
> > 
> > Suspend/resume issues used to be common in Linux, and I think still
> > plague some video hardware.  But generally it works really well.
> 
> Sometimes my laptop won't wake up fully.  It stays drowsy; the display
> is lighted, but all black.  Most of the time closing the lid for a
> moment and then reopening it forces another suspend / wake cycle and all
> is well again.  Sometimes (rarely) a hard reset is necessary.  I blame
> the nVidia binary drivers.  If Nouveau had a clue about my chipset I'd
> consider switching.

I'll try the lid-down bit. Thanks.