<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000099"> Starting sometime after recent updates (not 100% which/when) - i have a problem where the screen blanks off while i am typing. This is running KDE - on F8 fully updated. Laptop is IBM T42 with ATI R350 video card. Onlyi way out - is to switch to virtual console and then back to vc7 -or vice versa. This happens even in run level 3 and seems to be happening with the last 3 revs of kernel. In run level 3 - closing and opening lid brings the text console back to life - but within a few seconds it blanks - regardless of keyboard activity. I'd love to hear some suggestions how to track this down or fix. Perhaps it is a hardware problem ? thank kindly, </body> </html>