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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
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Subject: Re: VGA blank causes hang with 2.4.18 
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On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:52:31 -0700, 
Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>  Hi, all. Here's a perverse problem: when the screen blanks (text
>console) with 2.4.18, the machine hangs. No ping response, no magic
>SysReq response. I didn't have this problem with 2.4.7.
>
>The command I used to configure screen blanking was:
>setterm -blank 10 -powerdown 0
>
>This is an Athalon 850 MHz on a Gigabyte GA-7ZM motherboard.

Any response with kdb + nmi watchdog + serial console?  Sounds like a
lock problem, kdb + nmi watchdog normally lets you debug those.

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