Unable to resume from "Turn off display"

I am running KDE on Arch Linux. I noticed that everytime I turn off the display using the "Function + F2" button on my laptop, when I try to resume / turn it on again it shows a terminal screen with error messages and I am unable to do anything and when this happens I have to hold on the power button so that the laptop shutsdown
anyone else facing this problem? any idea how I can solve this ?
Last edited by pyarch (2011-11-18 19:02:42)

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