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| Started by | Jaime T <enopatch@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2017-11-24 01:10 +0100 |
| Last post | 2017-11-29 15:50 +0100 |
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hp laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" Jaime T <enopatch@gmail.com> - 2017-11-24 01:10 +0100
Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" dekks herton <dekkzz78@gmail.com> - 2017-11-24 15:20 +0100
Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" John Cunningham <djohngo@gmail.com> - 2017-11-24 18:40 +0100
Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-24 19:50 +0100
Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" Jaime T <enopatch@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 15:50 +0100
| From | Jaime T <enopatch@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-11-24 01:10 +0100 |
| Subject | hp laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" |
| Message-ID | <uP9J7-3Ou-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
Hi all. I'm running stable (stretch)/xfce on an hp/compaq nx6110 laptop, and when the screen blanks, I can't get it to wake up again (nothing appears on the screen when I press the keys on the keyboard and move the mouse). The closest debian bug report that I've seen is: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787241 although these other (non-debian) bug reports seem closer: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11627 https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12480 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=194313 The laptop is currently sitting there, powered on with a blank screen, but I have a load of unsaved work on the desktop. I can ssh into it and run commands on it. Does anyone know if there's anything that I can do to wake the screen up so that I can save my work? Thank you, Jaime
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| From | dekks herton <dekkzz78@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-11-24 15:20 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" |
| Message-ID | <uPmZH-3Mw-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #189241 |
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On 11/24, Jaime T wrote: >Hi all. > >I'm running stable (stretch)/xfce on an hp/compaq nx6110 laptop, and >when the screen blanks, I can't get it to wake up again (nothing >appears on the screen when I press the keys on the keyboard and move >the mouse). > >The closest debian bug report that I've seen is: >https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787241 > >although these other (non-debian) bug reports seem closer: >https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11627 >https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12480 >https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=194313 > >The laptop is currently sitting there, powered on with a blank screen, >but I have a load of unsaved work on the desktop. I can ssh into it >and run commands on it. Does anyone know if there's anything that I >can do to wake the screen up so that I can save my work? > >Thank you, Jaime > Borrow an external monitor to save work? Are you sure the backlight hasn't died? -- regards..... Thinkpad T60p 2.33Ghz 2GB SXGA+ Jabber IM: dekkzz76@jabber.hot-chilli.net
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| From | John Cunningham <djohngo@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-11-24 18:40 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" |
| Message-ID | <uPq7g-5B9-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #189267 |
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FWIW, I have buster/xfce on a laptop and have the same problem. Backlight is fine. I thought about the external monitor trick, too, but I haven't tried it yet. --John On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 9:15 AM dekks herton <dekkzz78@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/24, Jaime T wrote: > >Hi all. > > > >I'm running stable (stretch)/xfce on an hp/compaq nx6110 laptop, and > >when the screen blanks, I can't get it to wake up again (nothing > >appears on the screen when I press the keys on the keyboard and move > >the mouse). > > > >The closest debian bug report that I've seen is: > >https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787241 > > > >although these other (non-debian) bug reports seem closer: > >https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11627 > >https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12480 > >https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=194313 > > > >The laptop is currently sitting there, powered on with a blank screen, > >but I have a load of unsaved work on the desktop. I can ssh into it > >and run commands on it. Does anyone know if there's anything that I > >can do to wake the screen up so that I can save my work? > > > >Thank you, Jaime > > > > Borrow an external monitor to save work? > > Are you sure the backlight hasn't died? > > -- > regards..... > > Thinkpad T60p 2.33Ghz 2GB SXGA+ > > Jabber IM: dekkzz76@jabber.hot-chilli.net >
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| From | Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-11-24 19:50 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" |
| Message-ID | <uPrcZ-6fc-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #189273 |
On 11/24/17, John Cunningham <djohngo@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW, I have buster/xfce on a laptop and have the same problem. Backlight > is fine. I thought about the external monitor trick, too, but I haven't > tried it yet. > > --John > > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 9:15 AM dekks herton <dekkzz78@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 11/24, Jaime T wrote: >> >Hi all. >> > >> >I'm running stable (stretch)/xfce on an hp/compaq nx6110 laptop, and >> >when the screen blanks, I can't get it to wake up again (nothing >> >appears on the screen when I press the keys on the keyboard and move >> >the mouse). >> > >> >The closest debian bug report that I've seen is: >> >https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=787241 >> > >> >although these other (non-debian) bug reports seem closer: >> >https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11627 >> >https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12480 >> >https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=194313 >> > >> >The laptop is currently sitting there, powered on with a blank screen, >> >but I have a load of unsaved work on the desktop. I can ssh into it >> >and run commands on it. Does anyone know if there's anything that I >> >can do to wake the screen up so that I can save my work? >> > >> >Thank you, Jaime >> > >> >> Borrow an external monitor to save work? >> >> Are you sure the backlight hasn't died? >> >> -- >> regards..... >> >> Thinkpad T60p 2.33Ghz 2GB SXGA+ >> >> Jabber IM: dekkzz76@jabber.hot-chilli.net If and once you get back up, a thread not long ago reminded me about "free -m". I've had odds and ends of problems like this blank screen myself over time. That goes back to me at least once writing about how I was sometimes forced to reboot fresh... then the last previous session would come back up in its entirety, e.g. browser open with last used tabs, text editor with last multiple accessed files, etc. That was NOT expected behavior on a fresh reboot. :) With "free -m", I'm seeing inconsistencies in what comes in and out of SWAP after mine goes into some level of sleep/hibernation. Sometimes it will clear out completely, and other times almost nothing exits. That "almost nothing exits" part makes me wonder how that might affect waking back up into full functionality *sometimes*. That's on a desktop PC box. I don't know if SWAP's role plays a part, but the inconsistencies I'm seeing reflected in mine felt worth mentioning... :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
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| From | Jaime T <enopatch@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-11-29 15:50 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: p laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up" |
| Message-ID | <uRbQt-2CO-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #189273 |
On 24 November 2017 at 17:33, John Cunningham <djohngo@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW, I have buster/xfce on a laptop and have the same problem. Backlight is > fine. I thought about the external monitor trick, too, but I haven't tried > it yet. > --John Well I didn't manage to wake the screen (in the end, I just did a "systemctl reboot" from a different virtual terminal on the same machine). I *have*, however, worked out what the cause is: Firstly, I should explain that I prefer to work by logging-in on a virtual terminal and then, *if* I want x, I run startx myself. In order for this to work, I had changed systemd's default from graphical.target to multi-user.target by running: sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target I've discovered that if, on the xfce power manager applet, I set "Automatically lock the session" to "Never" and I uncheck the "Lock screen when system is going for sleep", then the problem does *not* occur i.e. I can always wake up the screen by moving the mouse whenever the screen sleeps etc. Success! (Of sorts!) :-)
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