tags/xorgDavid Bremnerby-nc-sa-2.5
Copyright 2020, David Bremner
https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//tags/xorg/David Bremnerikiwiki2008-07-06T00:02:58ZI'm root dammit, connect to the xserver. https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/I_m_root_dammit_connect_to_the_xserver./
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Copyright 2020, David Bremner
2008-03-03T11:45:13Z2007-08-28T22:34:00Z
<p> Calm down, then type (as the other user)
xhost +local:root</p>
The dim screen after wakeup problem https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/The_dim_screen_after_wakeup_problem/
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Copyright 2020, David Bremner
2008-07-06T00:02:58Z2007-08-28T20:24:00Z
<p> Out of the box, it will go to sleep (suspend to ram)
when you hit Fn-F4, but on wakeup the backlight.<br />
Based on a Ubuntu bug report (which I've now lost track of) that mentioned
switching virtual terminals turned the backlight back on, I
created <a href="https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner/blog/files/99-switchvt.sh">/etc/apci/resume.d/99-switchvt.sh</a> to automate that
Not the most beautiful solution in the world, but it works. I have
submitted a
[[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=439914][debian
bug]]</p>
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<dt> <em>UPDATED</em> Another workaround is to add the kernel parameter </dt>
<dd>acpi_sleep=s3_bios</dd>
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