I have exactly the same problems described with Xubuntu Gutsy on a Thinkpad i1300 (1171-350).
1. The screen once idle for a time, goes black and never returns no matter the key that you press.
2. The vga console problem. This was solved adding at the end of /etc/modules:
fbcon
vga16fb
3. One more strange effect: with tuxpaint and some java educational app (jclic) the mouse pointer gets garbbled, if I select the --nofancycursors switch with tuxpaint, then the pointer appears as a normal black arrow, buth with two more "shadow" pointers at the right side.
I have exactly the same problems described with Xubuntu Gutsy on a Thinkpad i1300 (1171-350).
1. The screen once idle for a time, goes black and never returns no matter the key that you press.
2. The vga console problem. This was solved adding at the end of /etc/modules:
fbcon
vga16fb
3. One more strange effect: with tuxpaint and some java educational app (jclic) the mouse pointer gets garbbled, if I select the --nofancycursors switch with tuxpaint, then the pointer appears as a normal black arrow, buth with two more "shadow" pointers at the right side.
Attached xorg.conf