hp laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up"

From	Jaime T <enopatch@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	hp laptop with stretch/xfce: screen blanks but won't "wake up"
Date	2017-11-24 01:10 +0100
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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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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

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