Count-to-three and shut down

[dsavage at peaknet.net]

On Friday November 21, 2003 Bill Anderson <bill at noreboots.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 04:48, Tim Lesher wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 08:38:46AM +0000, Peter Collier wrote:
>> > On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 14:00, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
>> > > A few weeks back I noted in the fedora-beta list that, after
>> selecting Log Out -> Shut down, my screen darkens in three
>> distinct top-to-bottom passes with maybe a 1 second pause between
>> each. At least one other Severn user reported seeing the same
>> thing.
>>
>> > Is this a ATI issue. I'm getting the same with ATI Radeon card
>>
>> If it is, it must be version-specific.  I'm using a mobile Radeon
>> 7500, and the fade is very smooth.
>
> Likewise.
>
> (No, it's not a me too, it's a data point. ;) )

Bill and Tim,

Thanks for the data points. Since there some ATI implementations darken
smoothly and other non-ATI videos do not, the problem is not ATI-specific.
Which now begs the question, "What package should I associate this problem
with when I submit it to Bugzilla?"

Mike Harris, do you have your ears on? Is this an XFree86 problem?

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL