Re: [Hampshire] Curious intel video pausing problem

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Author: Adrian Bridgett
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Curious intel video pausing problem
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 11:39:46 +0100 (+0100), The Holy ettlz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Coming across a curious problem here on a notebook with Intel X3100
> graphics (intel driver, Fedora 8, xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.1.1-7.fc8,
> kernel-2.6.24.4-64.fc8).
>
> If I leave it to idle, i.e. no more than around 2% CPU usage (so no
> music playing, etc.), after a short while the display pauses. It doesn't
> hang or freeze, just pauses. If I move the mouse, press a key or touch
> the touchpad, it carries on as before. Any idea what's causing this?
> I've not seen any error messages in dmesg. Interrupts, maybe?


How curious. I wonder if it's a powersaving feature?

Adrian
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