On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 09:37:06 +0800 Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/16/14 09:05, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I have had this issue for a while (both in F19 and F20 -- really my > > only issue) on a Dell XPS 14. So, basically, after a while, and at > > unclear intervals, of lying in idle mode (and unrelated to any task I > > have been running from what I can tell), the screen goes black. Not > > the black that is when it it hibernated or shutdown, but a greyish > > black. The machine is unresponsive, however some key-presses set up by > > me do send it instructions to hibernate (and it does so). It does come > > back as if nothing happened, but for the hibernate. > > > > I wonder if this is caused by kernel modesetting (which has always been > > a sore point with almost everything I have had) so I was wondering if > > the nomodeset should be enabled? If so, how does one go about this on > > F20? (And of course, are there other explanations for this behavior?) > > There does not seem to be anything on the log files for me to clue in > > on. > > > > Many thanks for reading! And thanks also for any helpful suggestions!! > > Shot in the dark, no pun intended, but your system does seem to recognize keyboard input. The grayish screen would happen when the screen is "blanked" but the back-light is not turned off. Almost seems like some sort of screensaver problem/issue. Have you tried typing your password and enter? (As I type this I wonder if once can hibernate from a screen saver.....). I will try this out, but I have no screensavers installed on this XPS 14. (Btw, even Alt-F1-F2-F7, etc has no effect.) Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
