> > 1) Display blanking:
> > I believe this is an XFree bug. An upgrade to the latest version has
> > been reported to fix this.
>
> Sorry, I should have mentioned that I don't even have X running on this
> laptop. This is strictly a console problem (so far).
[...]
> Hmm. How can we explain the fact that it does work in winblows?
Perhaps windows is using VESA screen blanking instead of APM screen
blanking?
A perusal of the linux code seemed to indicate that VESA blanking would be
attempted if APM blanking failed, but perhaps I wasn't reading as
carefully as I should have been?
--Scott
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