[GRLUG] No screen

[John-Thomas Richards]

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.
-- 
john-thomas
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