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List:       ubuntu-users
Subject:    Re: Blanked screen never returns
From:       Amichai Rotman <amichai () iglu ! org ! il>
Date:       2016-11-02 8:04:59
Message-ID: CAD_ZK66qG-a+2wwZyT=0DuZcS_pL5sa46Dq84Pjs-cP5-Q1Xyg () mail ! gmail ! com
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It seems to be a power management issue with the Graphics Adapter.
Searching for the model of the laptop, I found it has an nVidia chip.

Did you installed the proprietary drivers? Try installing the latest
available in the 'Additional Drivers' tab in  Software Sources.

Good Luck!

Amichai

‫בתאריך יום ד׳, 2 ב וב׳ 2016 ב-8:47 מאת ‪MR‬‏ \
<‪mrzenwiz@gmail.com‬‏>:‬

> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:26 PM, NoOp <glgxg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> No luck today. I'll post back when I can replicate.
> 
> 
> I tried this again and was able to open a console (I used console 1).
> 
> The only thing I found so far that worked was to restart the lightdm
> driver, which of course closed all my windows and reset the login to logged
> out.
> 
> I was hoping to find something would resurrect the screen without losing
> all the windows.  this time it wasn't too bad, as I did the experiment when
> the system had just come up from an update reboot.
> 
> It still bothers me that xscreensaver, which appears to be the default
> screensaver for 16.04 (?), still can't blank and restore the screen anymore.
> 
> Still open to further input, and thanks for all the postings so far.
> 
> MR
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<div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">It seems to be a power management issue with the \
Graphics Adapter. Searching for the model of the laptop, I found it has an nVidia \
chip.  </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Did you installed the \
proprietary drivers? Try installing the latest available in the &#39;Additional \
Drivers&#39; tab in   Software Sources.  </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div \
dir="ltr">Good Luck!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Amichai   \
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="rtl">‫בתאריך יום ד׳, \
2 ב וב׳ 2016 ב-8:47 מאת ‪MR‬‏ &lt;‪<a \
href="mailto:mrzenwiz@gmail.com">mrzenwiz@gmail.com</a>‬‏&gt;:‬<br></div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_extra \
gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:26 PM, NoOp \
<span dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">&lt;<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net" \
class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br \
class="gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 \
.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">No luck today. I&#39;ll post back \
when I can replicate.<br class="gmail_msg"> <div class="m_-5016659934766183984HOEnZb \
gmail_msg"><div class="m_-5016659934766183984h5 \
gmail_msg"></div></div></blockquote></div><br class="gmail_msg"></div></div><div \
dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg">I tried this again and \
was able to open a console (I used console 1).</div><div class="gmail_extra \
gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg">The only \
thing I found so far that worked was to restart the lightdm driver, which of course \
closed all my windows and reset the login to logged out.</div><div class="gmail_extra \
gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg">I was \
hoping to find something would resurrect the screen without losing all the windows.   \
this time it wasn&#39;t too bad, as I did the experiment when the system had just \
come up from an update reboot.</div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br \
class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg">It still bothers me that \
xscreensaver, which appears to be the default screensaver for 16.04 (?), still \
can&#39;t blank and restore the screen anymore.</div><div class="gmail_extra \
gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg">Still open \
to further input, and thanks for all the postings so far.</div></div><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div \
class="gmail_extra gmail_msg">MR</div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br \
                class="gmail_msg"></div></div>
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