Video driver is not working in this Samsung any more
Bug #1167372 reported by
Lynne Stevens
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Seems it is with a lot of Samsung Laptops vidoe goes blank about every 25 seonds if your not typing or moving the mouse or hitting enter .. .
Since about the last few up dates and what ever it did in 3.5 upgrade left out the video drivers for a LOT of Samsung Laptops
and the i915 is the wrong driver to use for this thing something to do with Euie boot or so the report was
Did Samsung fix it or is 13.04 going to fix it ? as I have the latest BIOS
affects: | python3-defaults (Ubuntu) → ubuntu |
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For the screen blanking issue I think you need to check your screensaver/power settings.
Sometimes when you update a packege it will also prompt you if you want to keep old settings or go for the new defaults. I think you hit 'y' on one of those occasions.
See if this link is of any help: askubuntu. com/questions/ 207131/ screensaver- blanking- problem
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