[i965gm] "Session active, not inhibited, screen idle" notification after screen blacks out during normal operation

[Tom Haddon]

Binary package hint: xorg

Was just using the computer normally and suddenly the screen switched off. I clicked the mouse and it returned, with the attached screenshot showing the warning message.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 14 11:51:57 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron 1420
Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=fb815699-d076-4a96-8c14-1045deb80c00 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.46-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 01/14/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd01/14/2008:svnDellInc.:pnInspiron1420:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Inspiron 1420
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic

[lspci]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01f3]

[Alex Murray (alexmurray)]

I've started getting this in the last few days recently.. not too sure what (ie xorg-server or maybe gnome-power-manager) has changed recently... was working great until this.

[Gavin Chappell (g-a-c)]

I'm getting this too, although only occasionally, and only ever after a successful resume from hibernation. I've never had the screen go blank unexpectedly or the "Session active..." message during normal use.

[Matt Hancock (matt-l-hancock)]

Just ran into the same problem. I resumed from hibernation and, a few minutes later after working, screen dimmed. I moved the mouse and screen came back, but the icon that displays the "session active..." message is on the toolbar.

[TylerMD (manuelmorales)]

Same here. Normally doesn't happen. Resumed from hibernate state for the first time and about 30min later happened what is described above.

Is there any Iog file I can send you to help?

[scnaifeh (scnaifeh)]

I don't know if this is the same bug. For the first time today, i am experiencing the same problem - having the screen blank out during normal use and getting the icon with the "Session active, not inhibited, screen idle"

My graphics card is NVidia, however, and I am using the non-free driver, v. 185.18.36 (installed via ubuntu's Hardware Drivers applet).

I am on Karmic x86_64 (kernel 2.6.31-14) (fresh install a few days ago, all updates applied).

I have not changed my x configuration lately, so I don't know what it could be.

(I have been typing with the icon showing and my display dimmed per my power settings for idle times, but just now, as I typed the line about the x configuration, the icon disappeared and my display undimmed, so apparently, something woke the power daemon up, but I have no idea what).

dmesg doesn't look like it contains anything useful (and there was no change in it when the machine work up just now).

I previously had jaunty on the same machine, and never had this problem.

[Alex Murray (alexmurray)]

Isn't this just a dupe of bug #423694

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

Yes, it is. Marking as duplicate.