2.6 kernel and blank screen

[Edward]

Jason KRISCH wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone else on this list was experiencing similar
> results: 
> 
> With FC2T3 on my laptop (HP Pavilion ze5200) I had several issues with
> the screen going blank (and the backlight turning off too) during boot. 
> It seemed to happen at random places at different times.  The system
> would be locked as far as I could tell and I had to power off.  I have
> since tried passing "vga=773" or "vga=normal" to the kernel at boot time
> and it seems to get me past the screen going blank.  (I also pass
> "psmouse.proto=imps" so I can tap-click with my touchpad.)
> 
> However, when I exit X - no matter what runlevel I am running in, the
> screen goes blank, backlight is powered off, and as far as I can tell
> the laptop is locked up.  This applies to "Log Out", "Reboot", and
> "Shutdown".  I have found no related entries in my logs.
> 
> Anyone else have issues like this?  I think it is a 2.6 issue more than
> a FC2 issue.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jed

Jed (Jason?), please take this to the fedora test list. Test release 
questions do not really belong here. This is for stable releases only.

Regards,
Ed.