Guest i_like_bread Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 (edited) When I leave my pc on when im not useing after about 15mins the screen goes corrupted (green bocks and suff) and I have to reboot. I do not ever get the problem when I am useing the the PC, or in windows, disableing screensavers did not help. Im useng mandrake 10.1 and have installed the ati cytaist drivers for my 9600 radion. I really like useing linux instead of xp, but its really annoying not being able to leave it on to do a download or whatever. Sorry if i did not put this post in the right place, but the hardware works fine in every other way. Thanks for any help! (sorry if i did not give enough detail but im in a lesson now!) Edited April 26, 2005 by i_like_bread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Im not sure what the problem is but its probasbly in the [power management somewhere you can try CTRL+ALT+BKSPC to restart the X server... it will kill running processes of the logged in user but if the dload is finished then that shoyuld be OK.... meanwhile it looks like you will need to experminent with the power saving and perhaps turn on a screen saver and stop the blanking / poweroff ? try the ctrl+alt+bkspc and see what happens... and also look at the end of /var/log/X.....log (it sould be obvious once your in the dirctory) look for anything useful at the end and post it here :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest i_like_bread Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Thanks for the help, i will check when i get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6h Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 try booting linux nonfb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest i_like_bread Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 I tried useing no frame buffer, it did the same. Oh yeh it does not matter what desktop I use (i use xface now, but kde and gnome do it) I also had the same problem on mandrake 10. It also had the same problem witout the ati drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 another thing to try and identify the cause is to use the vesa driver just to test. See if the same thing happens... if so its either a hardware prob on the card (*) or the ATI driver interfering with power management * I know you said it didn't happen in windows but it could be a software workaround in the win driver. This sort of thing is REALLY frustrating... you have my sympathy... (buy nvidia next time :D) If you have another PC you can remotely log in and perhaps kill/diagnose the problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest i_like_bread Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Yeh I wil try the romote pc thing, so I can check if it is just display going. I will try the vesa as a last resort though becuase it took long enough trying to get the bloody drivers to work with ut2004! I see what your saying about nvidia, but I didnt buy this card to use with linux and ati seemed the best option at the time for a poor boy! Although its really fustrating I try to treat it as a learning experence (one of the few I get... school ICT lessons make me want to kill myself!) Anyway, thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6h Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Add the following line in your xorg.conf Section "Device" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT" EndSection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Add the following line in your xorg.conf Section "Device" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT" EndSection <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is this tip for CRTs or can be used for LCDs as well? My laptop screen always goes grabbled when it goes to standby or suspend. Often I have to suspend it for a few seconds just to clear up the mess on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k6h Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Is this tip for CRTs or can be used for LCDs as well? My laptop screen always goes grabbled when it goes to standby or suspend. Often I have to suspend it for a few seconds just to clear up the mess on the screen. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x...7174/README.txt ******************************************************************************* Option "ConnectedMonitor" "string" Allows you to override what the NVIDIA kernel module detects is connected to your video card. This may be useful, for example, if you use a KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) switch and you are switched away when X is started. In such a situation, the NVIDIA kernel module cannot detect what display devices are connected, and the NVIDIA X driver assumes you have a single CRT. Valid values for this option are "CRT" (cathode ray tube), "DFP" (digital flat panel), or "TV" (television); if using TwinView, this option may be a comma-separated list of display devices; e.g.: "CRT, CRT" or "CRT, DFP". NOTE: anything attached to a 15 pin VGA connector is regarded by the driver as a CRT. "DFP" should only be used to refer to flatpanels connected via a DVI port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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