Re: qpe 1.3.1 & fam v0.4 -> screen blanks out and only "flickers" diagonally

Urs Rau wrote:
>
> Friends,
>
> Is there anybody else out there that has installed QPE on top of
> familiar v0.4?

yep.

> BUT now I get only to enjoy it for as long as the screen blankout
> time is set to. ;-(
>
> As soon as that time is reached my screen goes sort of blank
> with a diagonal flicker goin across it. And any and all ssh
> sessions to the ipaq freeze.

yes, same here. but that makes sense. whenever a machine goes to
sleep, ssh connections freeze. what else should they do ?
 
> Is there a way to avoid this?

don't sleep :)
 
> I tried just telling it NOT to blank out the screen at all, but then it
> happens as I press the power button.

you mean it goes back to sleep after you touch the screen ?
that's a known bug. iirc, it is solved in newer kernels.
 

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