vbe and X

[Loïc Corbasson]

Would you please file a bug (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs) 
expressing your concerns? I'm not an Ubuntu developer, but I know that stuff 
posted on mailing-lists always gets lost, and is rarely read by the people 
who could actually fix the bugs. Thanks.

Loïc

Am Freitag 31 März 2006 19:48 schrieb Luis M:
> man vbetool
> ...
> BUGS
>
>        Switching dpms modes may interact badly with X on some systems.
>
> ...
>
> On my system (fresh Dapper installation from a jigdo CD freshly
> burned) the vbesave service made X really BAD. I couldn't click on
> anything on the screen after two days running X.
>
> This is a dangerous service to be on by default on all systems. There
> is no way to get the system to restart (everything seems very very
> slow). Unless you pull the power plug or press CTRL+ALT+DELETE and
> wait 30 min or so for the system to finish the rebooting process!
>
> After turning off vbesave the system is up and running fine. (I also
> turned off powernowd services since this is a Pentium 4 system).
>
> Specs:
>
> $> profile-computer
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> # profile-computer 1.17 Luis Mondesi <lemsx1 at gmail.com>
>
> # http://lems.kiskeyix.org/toolbox/?f=profile-computer&d=1
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> Host Name: cypher
>
> System Kernel: Linux cypher 2.6.15-19-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Mar 20
> 17:33:20 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> CPU Info: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
>
> Total Processors: 2
>
> Bogomips total: 11973
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> Memory: 1026044 kB
>
> Virtual Memory (swap): 1951888 kB
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub
> Interface (rev 02)
>
> VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated
> Graphics Controller (rev 02)
>
> USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #1 (rev 02)
>
> USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #2 (rev 02)
>
> USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #3 (rev 02)
>
> USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI
> Controller #4 (rev 02)
>
> USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI
> Controller (rev 02)
>
> PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
>
> ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface
> Bridge (rev 02)
>
> IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE
> Controller (rev 02)SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
> SMBus Controller (rev 02)
>
> Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R)
> AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
>
> Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82541EI Gigabit Ethernet
> Controller (Copper)
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> Distributor ID:  Ubuntu
>
> Distributor Release:  6.06
>
> Distributor Codename:  dapper
>
> Distributor Description:  Ubuntu (The Dapper Drake Release) Development
> Branch
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> Library: libc6
>
> Compiler Version: gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu3)
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> /proc/cmdline
>
> root=/dev/hda1 ro acpi=ht quiet splash
>
>
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
>
>
> #==========================================================================
>====#
>
> --
> ----)(-----
> Luis Mondesi
> System Administrator
> Kiskeyix.org
>
> "We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and
> you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on" --
> Steve Jobs in an interview for MacWorld Magazine 2004-Feb
>
> No .doc: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.es.html