Index: hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.c
===================================================================
--- hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.c.orig
+++ hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.c
@@ -964,9 +964,10 @@ fbdevHWDPMSSet(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int mo
 			return;
 	}
 
+	/* Novell Bug #146462 */
 	if (-1 == ioctl(fPtr->fd, FBIOBLANK, (void *)fbmode))
-		xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR,
-			   "FBIOBLANK: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO,
+			   "FBIOBLANK: %s (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)\n", strerror(errno));
 }
 
 Bool
@@ -982,9 +983,10 @@ fbdevHWSaveScreen(ScreenPtr pScreen, int
 
 	unblank = xf86IsUnblank(mode);
 
+	/* Novell Bug #146462 */
 	if (-1 == ioctl(fPtr->fd, FBIOBLANK, (void *)(1-unblank))) {
-		xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR,
-			   "FBIOBLANK: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO,
+			   "FBIOBLANK: %s (Screen blanking not supported by vesafb of Linux Kernel)\n", strerror(errno));
 		return FALSE;
 	}