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On Jul 18, 2013 12:25 PM, "Patrick Lists" <<a href="mailto:fedora-list@puzzled.xs4all.nl">fedora-list@puzzled.xs4all.nl</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi Fred,<br>
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> On 07/18/2013 08:50 PM, Fred Smith wrote:<br>
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>> hi gang!<br>
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>> I've put F19 on my Acer Aspire One (dual-core Atom) where it mostly runs<br>
>> just fine.<br>
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>> but I've noticed one oddity (by no means a show-stopper) during boot:<br>
>> when it prompts for the LUKS password (for the encrypted /home partition)<br>
>> the box for password entry flashes on the screen, then the screen goes<br>
>> blank for 30 seconds (or so) then the box appears again.<br>
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>> I noticed a day or two ago that if there's a bright lamp shining on the<br>
>> screen when it is in that blank state that the box is in fact still drawn<br>
>> there, but it appears that the screen backlight has been shut off--I can<br>
>> still see the image of it faintly in the bright light.<br>
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>> Everything else regarding screen behavior is fine, but this one is<br>
>> pretty consistently occurring every system boot.<br>
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>> This did not occur immediately after installation, but I first noticed<br>
>> it only a week (or so) ago (sorry, I wasn't taking notes...) so one<br>
>> wonders if some update has caused it.<br>
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>> Any ideas on this one?<br>
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> Iirc there have been some reports by people that they had to downgrade the xorg server package. Have you tried that?<br>
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> Other than that, the only semi-similar thing I have seen was during a recent F19 installation where after some time the screen goes blank/black (backlight goes off) and nothing would turn the screen back on. This was a kickstart install with reboot at the end so I just left it running and after a while it rebooted into a fresh F19 install.<br>
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> Regards,<br>
> Patrick<br>
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<p>Without X to make reading easier / faster, then using lynx how do I find F19? Or, how do I downgrade X without the ability to see what I'm doing? And in trying to fix it, I entered: video.use_bios_Initial_biacklight=0 and it asked me for extra input.</p>