try adding acpi=off to your /etc/grub.conf file, for example: kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ quiet vga=ask acpi=off On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:04:25 -0400, Ragone_Andrew <andrag@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > for me, these are similar but i never can recover [most of the time i cant] I installed i386 on my machine instead of x86_64 to see if it worked better. It doesnt too much. It will run longer without freezing but when it goes black, i cannot use the keyboard. The screen sometimes comes back but then the mouse doesnt click [although it does move].... how could i fix the acpi bug? > > -Andrew > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Green [mailto:fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tue 6/1/2004 5:39 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Cc: > Subject: Re: Random Screen Blank on startup all the Time. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 01 June 2004 10:02, Christopher Stone wrote: > > > This option is already disabled and it happens to me anyway. I think > > this is actually some kind of ACPI bug in the kernel itself. I > > restarted X today, and again it happend. 3 monitor shutdowns about 20 > > minutes apart. After that, everything is back to normal. > > I also have this here on at least two machines, but I only get one hit of it, > it seems exactly 20 minutes after Xorg started. Usually I am typing or > something and I clear it immediately, but if it happens while I was reading > something it persists until I move the mouse or hit a key, and it is > regardless of how recently a key was pressed or the mouse moved. > > - -Andy > > - -- > Automatic actions for USB cameras, cardreaders, memory sticks, MP3 players > http://warmcat.com/usbautocam > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAvE7WjKeDCxMJCTIRAhLSAJ4iugleqo+fvl8fsBcNx0jbVBL8dgCfZ7IH > NRH1BJBS2raKWdr+jQ8gqHk= > =bDiV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > >