Subject: Re: PowerBook5,8 spontaneously powers down
To: None <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hilmar_B=F6hm?= <mls@hiro-consult.de>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/28/2007 00:41:38
Hello, Michael!

 > When _exactly_ is the screen going dark?
This is really hard to tell! I cannot stop the screen, no <ctrl/s> ...

 > Do you use radeonfb?
Yes! Obviously, because the Kernel sees a "radeonfb0" device.
then there is something like "video modes", "Chrome...", "Gamma..."

and then it goes dark.

Sorry, I can't tell you more.

Regards / Hilmar.

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Michael Lorenz schrieb:
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> Hello,
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> On May 27, 2007, at 13:14, Hilmar Böhm wrote:
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>> I`ve built a new kernel; from -current as of May 20th
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>> Symptoms: The kernel is booted. But after a few seconds, the screen 
>> gets dark.
>> The difference from earlier tries is, that the system isn't switched 
>> off (powered off) anymore.
>>
>> Maybe there is a chance, to get some light into this "darkness" :-)
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> When exactly is the screen going dark? Do you use radeonfb? If so, 
> does the screen go dark when radeonfb attaches?
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> have fun
> Michael
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