X switches off monitor

Tue Jul 18 00:54:31 UTC 2006

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:10:44 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:

> Completed a yum upgrade of an up-to-date FC5 installation to Rawhide at
> the weekend.
> 
> After reboot, it starts the X server, and then the monitor is "switched
> off", i.e. it is put into power-saving standby mode with a blinking power
> LED and apparently no way to turn it on.
> 
> Does that sound familiar to anybody?
> 
> Running system-config-display with or without --reconfig gives a
> traceback (GdkPixbuf fatal error) and refuses to work.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/197033
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/199210

Because no developer has commented on bug 197033 yet, which was filed end
of June, I don't file another bug report. The current ticket subject line
covers it well.