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Re: Yet another sleep/wake screen problem

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On 01.07.2019 at 20:02, Carlos E.R. scribbled:

> On 01/07/2019 18.16, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> > On 2019-07-01, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:  
> 
> 
> >> Just to mention that this group seems to have very little traffic,
> >> about seven threads a year. Perhaps you should post instead to
> >> comp.os.linux.misc and alt.os.linux.  
> > 
> > I'll try that if I get no joy here.
> >   
> >> About your question, sorry, I'm not familiar with Debian. Yes,
> >> those messages look suspicious.
> >>
> >> I think I had a similar problem once, and it was a failing
> >> xscreensaver. Killing it via ssh or ctrl-alt-f1 restored the
> >> display.
> >>
> >> You should also try ctrl-alt-f1 trick, see if the display is
> >> visible there.  
> > 
> > That makes the screen light up.  Tell me more about ctrl-alt-f1.
> > Is this an xscreensaver thing?  I tried killing xscreensaver from
> > the remote machine, but that didn't make any difference: the screen
> > still wouldn't light when I opened the lid, but ctrl-alt-f1 still
> > made it come back.  
> 
> No, this is standard Linux practice. You get several text mode
> consoles on ctrl-alt-f1 to f6. The graphical console may be on
> ctrl-alt-f7, and the error console may be on ctrl-alt-f10. Different
> distros can use different order/choices.
> 
> So if you do ctrl-alt-f1 you may get a working text console with a
> prompt for login. Or maybe not, and it is on ctrl-alt-f2. Try. Then
> maybe going back to graphics on 7 may work, or not. Debian may use
> different numbers.

Manjaro has the GUI login screen at vc/1, and character-mode login
consoles at vc/2 through vc/6. ;) 

-- 
With respect,
= Aragorn =

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Yet another sleep/wake screen problem Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-07-01 14:56 +0000
  Re: Yet another sleep/wake screen problem "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-07-01 17:40 +0200
    Re: Yet another sleep/wake screen problem Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-07-01 16:16 +0000
      Re: Yet another sleep/wake screen problem "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-07-01 20:02 +0200
        Re: Yet another sleep/wake screen problem Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be> - 2019-07-01 21:17 +0200
        Re: Yet another sleep/wake screen problem Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-07-02 00:54 +0000
  Re: Yet another sleep/wake screen problem Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2019-07-05 21:50 +0300

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