David Feuer <David_Feuer@brown.edu> writes:
> I get this problem both in Linux and Windows, so I won't
> rule out hardware/bios bugs, but I find that often when my
> monitor (backlight) gets turned off automatically after a
> long period of non-use, the computer freezes up. I think it
> only happens when I've left it that way for a long time,
> though. If I move the mouse immediately after the screen is
> blacked, I have no trouble, but if I leave it for a long
> time, when I get back the monitor won't unblack,
> ctrl-alt-backspace does nothing, ctrl-alt-delete does
> nothing, Fn-Suspend, Fn-A don't do anything, and the
> capslock and numlock keys don't do anything either. I
> haven't tried reaching the machine from outside yet, but I
> will if someone wants.
I have a Dell Inspiron 7000 with BIOS A15 and exactly the same
problem.
(I last observed this problem using linux-2.4.0-test12, though.
Now I'm running test13-pre3 and it has not yet occurred.)
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