https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57567
--- Comment #42 from Alexandre Demers alexandre.f.demers@gmail.com --- (In reply to comment #41)
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How to do dpms cycle ?
On the console, just wait for the screen to blank. In X: xset dpms force off will force a dpms cycle.
That would valid if we were able to log in X. Is there a way to do it if we are still in the console?
I think you can adjust the console blanking with setterm. Can you start X and force a dpms cycle even if the screen is garbled?
X starts, but I'm never getting to the log screen. Once X is started, if I go into console and come back, only my mouse pointer is being displayed correctly, the background stays as what was in the console. I suppose something is hanging or crashing X.