The randomly blanking screen problem was hardware!! It was resolved when the VGA cable to the monitor was replaced.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1044885 Title: blinking blanking monitor Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: lsb_release -rd on AMD 64bit PC with apt-cache policy pkgname N: Unable to locate package pkgname My display sometimes comes up as Dell 17" 1289 x 1024 and sometimes, after an update, as Unknown 1200 x 800. In the Dell Case there are lower resolution options that also display the blanking behaviour. In the Unknown case, there is no other option. When the Display comes up as Dell, it randomly blanks outfor usually short (< 1 min) random periods. When the display comes up as Unknown, it dos never blanks out, except to sleep. While this is similar to Bug #1011732, echo 0x4 | sudo tee /sys/module/drm/parameters/debug followed by dmesg > monitor-blank.dmesg ..did nothing to remedy the situation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/1044885/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
