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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 'Additional \
Drivers' 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 <<a \
href="mailto:mrzenwiz@gmail.com">mrzenwiz@gmail.com</a>>:<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"><<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net" \
class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>></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'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'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'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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