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[ais523 <ais523@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: xorg

My laptop screen (I'm using a Toshiba Satellite, I'm not sure which version) randomly went blank for around half a second, then turned back on again; a message was displayed in the notification area from gnome-power-manager, as follows:
"Session active, not inhibited, screen idle. If you can see this text, your display server is broken and you should notify your distributor. Please see http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/17/gnome-power-manager-and-blanking-removal-of-bodges/ for more information." (Expected behavior is no screen blanking, and no notification message.) The blog post listed implies that the message in question appears immediately after gnome-power-manager has worked around a known X bug, and that the error should be reported upstream. However, the comments to the blog also imply that the patches in question have been applied to Ubuntu's X server already (I'm running X version 1.6.4); so it's also possible the bug is in gnome-power-manager causing a spurious notification (although that doesn't explain the screen going blank), or maybe even somewhere else affecting both components. This problem's happened exactly twice to me, seemingly for no reason (ugh intermittent bugs); the only unusual thing I was doing restoring from hibernation, rather than rebooting as usual. Sorry I don't really have much more of an idea of what's going on; if more information's needed, ask and I'll try to provide it.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 11 09:54:21 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: TOSHIBA SATELLITE T110
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-17-generic root=UUID=ce6fddb1-91cd-4100-b7d6-8daa69e7ffd8 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu10
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 09/29/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: V1.70
dmi.board.name: SATELLITE T110
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV1.70:bd09/29/2009:svnTOSHIBA:pnSATELLITET110:pvrPST1AE-00K00GEN:rvnTOSHIBA:rnSATELLITET110:rvrNotApplicable:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: SATELLITE T110
dmi.product.version: PST1AE-00K00GEN
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro:             Ubuntu
 architecture:       i686kernel:             2.6.31-17-generic

** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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gnome-power-manager reports a broken display server after random screen blanking
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