GXT120P and P202 Display


Problem

There is a problem with the GXT120P and the P202 displays. The screen will come up blank with power managment enabled. In order to have something displayed, the monitor must be powered off and back on.

Solution

A workaround for this problem is to disable Power Managment, as detailed in following steps.

  1. Enter smitty
  2. Select Devices
  3. Select Graphic Displays
  4. Select Display Power Managment
  5. Set the value for all of the following to 0
    Time before display dimmed (in minutes)            [0]
    Time before display power suspended (in minutes)   [0]
    Time before display power turned off (in minutes)  [0]
    
  1. Enter smitty
  2. Select Performance and Resource Scheduling
  3. Select Power Managment
  4. Select Enable/Disable Power Managment
  5. Select Disable
  6. Select Configure/Unconfigure Power Managment
  7. Select Unconfigure

NOTE: The preceding changes will take effect at the next system reboot.

APARS needed to fix this problem are as follows:




[ Doc Ref: 97542155025572     Publish Date: Dec. 13, 2000]