[buug] Redhat 9 comatose problem

[johnd]

what about the power management stuff at the os level?


is that off?


can you still ssh in to it?

also, check if there is anyinfo in the /var/log/messages or whatever
the log file is called.


On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:55:05PM -0700, Skip Evans wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> I've got a Redhat 9 install up and working good on a machine that
> used to run Windows XP. Everything works very good, including
> Wine running a few MS apps. But if I leave the machine alone for
> say 5 or 10 minutes, I typically come back to, instead of the
> screen saver, just a blank screen that won't wake up by keyboard
> or mouse activity. I've tried to narrow it down to one or two
> apps, maybe the MS stuff for example, but haven't really come up
> with anything.
> 
> I've turned off all power management functions I can find in the
> bios, and scoured Redhat discussion boards for anyone with a
> similar problem, but haven't found anything yet.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
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