When I log out my screen goes gray

When I log out my screen goes gray.

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When doing the updates my screen goes gray and doesnt restart

help? everytime i get an update i click to install and restart my laptop..it goes to a gray update screen..and nothing in the top bar is accessible..i have to turn my laptop off manually and restart..
hopefully someone has a clue):

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Recently having problem with flickering on monitor (viewsonic vg2436wm). When coming out of sleep mode. The screen goes gray, sometime out. Have to press power button to get screen on. Problem stops.

Recently having problem with flickering on monitor (viewsonic vg2436wm). When coming out of sleep mode. It will flicker, the screen goes gray, sometime out. Have to press power button to get screen on. Problem stops. Getting more frequent. After sometime problem stops. My system is a Mac Mini 2010, 2.4 intel core 2 duo, 2 GB, running OSX10.8.5

See if it's related to this...
The 2012 macs (and later apparently) not waking normally from sleep after hours being in sleep. (noted here ...
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/feb13/022813.html#2012macswontwake
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How can I stop my login screen changing to shrunken dimensions when I log out from my account, it does so randomly!

Hi,
Does anybody know how I might fix the followin:
When I log out of my user account on my macbook the screen display has started to do weird stuff like change size so that the usual log in screen appears small and to the left, not filling the whole screen, then if someone else in the familiy logs in to their user they may have the same problem within their usual screen, with a small area instead of the full screen to work with. THe remaining screen displays blue, without the chosen wall paper etc. It seems to do this randomly so that logging in and out of accounts, shutting down and reopening can get things back to normal, but only until it goes weird again.
Thank you for any help.
Billie

It sounds like a problem wih the backlight inverter. Usually they just go, instead of on and off.
In a dark room hold a flashlight on the display when it blacks out. If you can see the items on the desktop, it's probably the backlight.

[SOLVED][KDE, intel] Screen goes gray when switching windows

Hello,
on my EEE netbook, since the xorg update, I guess --noticed today, as I use it for school only --, the screen goes gray after I switch windows via alt+tab. This does not happen every time, but eventually it occures. In that case the whole screen has color of not yet painted window, and the DE is seemingly not responding to anything, I can still move my mose though and cursor moves too. Switching to text console works, but xserver restart is needed to get things back to normal.
I have been using graphics system raster, but change to default didn't solved the issue. The same goes for -lcd font filters. System is up-to-date and uses some SELinux packages from the AUR if that matters, but it should not, as they are not graphics nor DE related.
Would you have any sugestions? I should not be doing any potentially risky operations till thursday, as I need the computer for school and don't have any other available.
Thank you.
Will happily provide additional information, if you specify it.
EDIT: The situation is simmilar as when I run a program, first a fullscreen window is painted gray, and when everything is loaded its content is painted. This lasts few second in case of big applications like Kontact. In the case of mentioned bug it is like the content of window never painted.
EDIT: So I recompiled bespin-svn, as I remembered, that this package likes to cause trobles, when it is older, and I wanted to mark this solved, as it behaved during the day, but just few minutes ago, the problem happend again.
EDIT: I don't understand it. On monday it happed several times during day. On tuesday it happend once. Since wednesday it didn't happend. Sould I start to beleave in ghosts?
Last edited by Nicky726 (2010-12-09 16:02:37)

Ok, happend again several times today. Didn't happen at any other PC, but I do not have other Intel based, in case it is graphics related.
As for log (not like I have an idea what to look for) I have error loading fbdev module and some touchpad errors in xorg.log (not imediatelly after the problem), and some Networkmanager warnings.
Damn. Now I failed three times in a row to switch from konsole to rekonq in order to copy those logs. Anyway this is tail -n 50 everything.log (right now X11 screen is just gray and mouse cursor). SELinux can be ignored as it is set permissive.
Oct 13 20:39:46 localhost kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
Oct 13 20:39:46 localhost kernel: ata3: EH complete
Oct 13 20:39:46 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-3): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:39:46 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:39:46 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995186.522:24): avc: denied { execstack } for pid=16129 comm="ksmserver" scontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tcontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tclass=process
Oct 13 20:39:46 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-2): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:39:46 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-4): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:39:47 localhost NetworkManager[22388]: <warn> invalid connection: 'NMSettingWireless' / 'mac-address' invalid: 1
Oct 13 20:39:47 localhost NetworkManager[22388]: <warn> invalid connection: 'NMSettingWireless' / 'mac-address' invalid: 1
Oct 13 20:39:53 localhost kernel: composite sync not supported
Oct 13 20:39:54 localhost kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev fuse, type fuse), uses genfs_contexts
Oct 13 20:39:54 localhost kernel: type=1401 audit(1286995194.036:25): security_compute_sid: invalid context user_u:user_r:mount_t for scontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t tclass=process
Oct 13 20:39:54 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995194.036:26): avc: denied { read write } for pid=16308 comm="mount" path="socket:[1171927]" dev=sockfs ino=1171927 scontext=user_u:user_r:mount_t tcontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tclass=unix_stream_socket
Oct 13 20:39:54 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995194.036:27): avc: denied { read write } for pid=16308 comm="mount" path="/dev/fuse" dev=devtmpfs ino=4086 scontext=user_u:user_r:mount_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:fuse_device_t tclass=chr_file
Oct 13 20:39:54 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995194.039:28): avc: denied { append } for pid=16308 comm="mount" name="mtab" dev=dm-3 ino=37749 scontext=user_u:user_r:mount_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t tclass=file
Oct 13 20:39:56 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995196.412:29): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=16256 comm="knotify4" path="/usr/lib/codecs/drvc.so" dev=dm-3 ino=828208 scontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:lib_t tclass=file
Oct 13 20:39:59 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995199.259:30): avc: denied { execmod } for pid=16256 comm="knotify4" path="/usr/lib/libx264.so.104" dev=dm-3 ino=16190 scontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tcontext=user_u:object_r:lib_t tclass=file
Oct 13 20:42:02 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: renewing lease of 192.168.1.200
Oct 13 20:42:02 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: acknowledged 192.168.1.200 from 192.168.1.254 `router'
Oct 13 20:42:02 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: leased 192.168.1.200 for 300 seconds
Oct 13 20:43:09 localhost kernel: type=1401 audit(1286995389.304:31): security_compute_sid: invalid context user_u:user_r:mount_t for scontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t tclass=process
Oct 13 20:43:12 localhost kdm[3254]: X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly
Oct 13 20:43:12 localhost acpid: client 15799[0:0] has disconnected
Oct 13 20:43:12 localhost acpid: client connected from 20364[0:0]
Oct 13 20:43:12 localhost acpid: 1 client rule loaded
Oct 13 20:43:13 localhost kernel: composite sync not supported
Oct 13 20:43:13 localhost kernel: composite sync not supported
Oct 13 20:43:20 localhost kernel: ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
Oct 13 20:43:20 localhost kernel: ata3: EH complete
Oct 13 20:43:20 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-3): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:43:21 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-5): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:43:21 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-2): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:43:22 localhost kernel: EXT4-fs (dm-4): re-mounted. Opts: commit=0
Oct 13 20:43:22 localhost NetworkManager[22388]: <warn> invalid connection: 'NMSettingWireless' / 'mac-address' invalid: 1
Oct 13 20:43:22 localhost NetworkManager[22388]: <warn> invalid connection: 'NMSettingWireless' / 'mac-address' invalid: 1
Oct 13 20:43:24 localhost kernel: SELinux: initialized (dev fuse, type fuse), uses genfs_contexts
Oct 13 20:43:24 localhost kernel: type=1401 audit(1286995404.994:32): security_compute_sid: invalid context user_u:user_r:mount_t for scontext=user_u:user_r:insmod_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:mount_exec_t tclass=process
Oct 13 20:43:25 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995405.008:33): avc: denied { write } for pid=20701 comm="mount" name="mtab" dev=dm-3 ino=37746 scontext=user_u:user_r:mount_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t tclass=file
Oct 13 20:43:25 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1286995405.008:34): avc: denied { append } for pid=20701 comm="mount" name="mtab" dev=dm-3 ino=37746 scontext=user_u:user_r:mount_t tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t tclass=file
Oct 13 20:43:25 localhost kernel: composite sync not supported
Oct 13 20:44:32 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: renewing lease of 192.168.1.200
Oct 13 20:44:32 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: acknowledged 192.168.1.200 from 192.168.1.254 `router'
Oct 13 20:44:32 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: leased 192.168.1.200 for 300 seconds
Oct 13 20:45:44 localhost ntpd[22509]: skew change 53.711 exceeds limit
Oct 13 20:47:02 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: renewing lease of 192.168.1.200
Oct 13 20:47:02 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: acknowledged 192.168.1.200 from 192.168.1.254 `router'
Oct 13 20:47:02 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: leased 192.168.1.200 for 300 seconds
Oct 13 20:49:32 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: renewing lease of 192.168.1.200
Oct 13 20:49:32 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: acknowledged 192.168.1.200 from 192.168.1.254 `router'
Oct 13 20:49:32 localhost dhcpcd[22391]: eth0: leased 192.168.1.200 for 300 seconds
This should cover the time of at least one of the failures. Can somebody see something in it?
Last edited by Nicky726 (2010-10-13 18:58:16)

My computer has been shutting off auto mystically and when I go to log in, the screen goes to lines and I can't turn it on

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My MBP Screen goes gray and asks for restart when trying to open Adobe raw

My MBP Screen goes gray and asks for restart when trying to open Adobe raw files. Even when I try to populate raw images in the brige the scree wipes gray and says I have to restart. I am using CS2 and the latest version 3.7 of Adobe camera raw. I can however open raw images in preview. Please help! OS ver. 10.4.9 2.16ghz intel duo core processor.

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Monitor not showing the whole screen when I log out of Xorg/Openbox

Please help, what happens is..
I log into arch, it boots fine (it displays the loading of daemons in like arabic or something but that's another matter!), I can see everything, I 'startx' into Openbox and that's all fine but when I log out of X it cuts off the bottom of my screen.
I've got a widescreen 1680x1080 monitor and an Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS graphics card and I've tried using nvidia and nouveau drivers.
It only started AFTER i'd installed Xorg, I'd just log into x then kill it and i'd have half my screen missing.
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Last edited by teatreetea (2011-01-12 15:28:07)

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/var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 3557.788] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 3557.788] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3557.788] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.13.0
[ 3557.788] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 3557.788] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 3557.788] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 3557.788] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3557.788] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3557.788] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 3557.788] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 3557.788] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 3557.788] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 3557.789] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 3557.799] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 3557.799] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3557.799] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 3557.799] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 260.19.29 Wed Dec 8 12:24:30 PST 2010
[ 3557.799] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 3557.799] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 3557.799] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 3557.800] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3557.800] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3557.800] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 3557.800] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 3557.800] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 3557.800] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 3557.800] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3557.800] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 3557.800] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 3557.800] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 3557.800] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 3557.800] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 3557.801] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 3557.801] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3557.801] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 3558.216] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 260.19.29 Wed Dec 8 12:10:14 PST 2010
[ 3558.216] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 3558.216] (--) using VT number 8
[ 3558.220] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 3558.220] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 3558.220] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 3558.221] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3558.221] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3558.221] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 3558.221] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 3558.221] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 3558.221] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 3558.221] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 3558.221] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 3558.221] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 3558.221] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 3558.221] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 3558.221] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 3558.221] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Screen0" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 3558.221] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 3558.221] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 3558.221] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 3558.221] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 3558.221] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
[ 3558.222] (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
[ 3558.222] (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
[ 3559.086] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8400 GS (G98) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 3559.086] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
[ 3559.086] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.98.71.00.52
[ 3559.086] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 3559.086] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 3559.086] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8400 GS at PCI:1:0:0
[ 3559.086] (--) NVIDIA(0): NTS MBW-SERIAL (CRT-1)
[ 3559.086] (--) NVIDIA(0): NTS MBW-SERIAL (CRT-1): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 3559.136] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1
[ 3559.136] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 3559.136] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 3559.136] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
[ 3559.136] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 3559.136] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[ 3559.136] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 3559.136] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1680 x 1050
[ 3559.172] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (90, 88); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 3559.172] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[ 3559.172] (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
[ 3559.172] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 3559.172] (II) NVIDIA: Using 768.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory access.
[ 3559.174] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[ 3559.182] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
[ 3559.187] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 3559.254] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[ 3559.278] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized OpenGL Acceleration
[ 3559.283] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 3559.283] (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized X Rendering Acceleration
[ 3559.283] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[ 3559.283] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 3559.290] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 3559.290] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[ 3559.291] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
[ 3559.291] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 355/var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 3559.767] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[ 3559.767] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 3559.786] (--) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[ 3559.786] (II) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 3559.786] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 key$
[ 3559.786] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 3559.786] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 3559.786] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 3559.787] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event$
[ 3559.787] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
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Last edited by litemotiv (2011-01-12 16:12:59)

Gmail app tab lost when I log out of gmail

I have gmail as an app tab. Since installing ff 7.1 when I log out of gmail the app tab icon is lost and rather than being presented with the logon screen for gmail I'm presented the Gmail approach to email screen which gives me the option to sign in to Gmail. This opens another tab, which is not an app tab, and my original app tab is still present with the Google icon rather than the Gmail icon. All ideas welcome.

It depends on how paranoid you are.
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My MacBook Pro has been developing this issue over the last several weeks. It is happening more and more frequently and I am afraid I may lose everything.
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It is not easy to say why this happen. In your last posting you wrote about some windows updates. Who knows what is wrong there.
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I just tried again going from Excel into Outlook 2011. No luck. All one column down the left side of the email. All columns are removed and text crammed into one column. Just to check I cut from one Excel document and pasted into another and it retained all formating just fine. It is only in and out of Outlook that seems to be the issue.

When I click on video it is stuck on one tv show, when I click 'done' the screen goes black so I can't access any other video that I downloaded from iTunes onto my iPad 2. How do I troubleshoot?

The video on my iPad 2 is frozen on a tv show, although it will play the tv show until the end. At the end, when I click 'done' the screen goes black so I can't see the other movies that I've downloaded. I've shut down a few times but it reverts to the same thing. How can I re-set the video feature or do what is necessary to get it working again?

Have you tried resetting the iPad:
Reset iPad: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.

How to delete the temporary files when we log out from ESS

Hello expert,
In my company we are running ESS using ITS server, do you know how to delete the temporary files when we log out from ESS?
Thanks.

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How do I keep BI Publisher running when I log out of the console in linux?

I am using the standalone version of BI Publisher and I want to keep it running even after I log out of the console. I have a script that starts it so I typed 'nohup start_bipub.sh &' but when I log out it shuts down anyway. I started my apache server the same way and it still runs after I log out so the only thing I can think of is that X is being killed due to the logout and BI Pub needs it. Is there anyway to keep this process running?
Thanks,
Denise

It depends on the data path from the tower you're using, through NATs and many routers, all the way back to the server. Which depends on your current location and sheer luck.
For some users, the data path stays alive for 30-45 minutes at a time... thus the phone only has to ping the server that often for push to work. Their push doesn't use much battery.
Other users have the misfortune of being connected via pathways that only keep a connection alive for 5-10 minutes. Their iPhones eat battery like crazy, and they usually end up switching to a 15-30 minute timed fetch instead.

When I log out my screen goes gray

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