laptop screen issue

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:19:07 +0200
Alpay Erturkmen <kalpaye at ii.metu.edu.tr> wrote:

> hi there,
> i am new to the list and i do not know whether this is a Fedora issue. I
> am using Fedora on an old IBM Thinkpad 570, and a USB mouse. My screen 
> just goes blank randomly and it does not light up by the mouse but just 
> the keyboard. is the power management not listening to my usb mouse? how

I think this is the Thinkpad BIOS not recognizing a USB mouse, rather
than a Fedora problem. The BIOS is blanking your screen.  You
can go into BIOS(F1 when you boot) and disable this if you wish.  Or just
use the trackpoint. ;)

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