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Re: Blank screen bug

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On 09/23/2017 05:01 AM, Tim wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to report a bug for Debian stretch, however, I'm not sure
> which package I should file the bug against. Moreover, I haven't found
> a way to debug the issue either.
>
> I've recently done a fresh installed of stretch on an HP EliteBook 840
> notebook. Since then, the laptop's screen sometimes turns blank, i.e.,
> as if there is no input to the screen. Strangely enough, whenever I
> attach another display, the other display doesn't go blank: It's only
> the internal display of the laptop itself that turns completely black.
>

[snip]

>
> I hope you can tell me which package I should file the bug to, or how
> to proceed from here.

Your phrasing causes me to wonder if you have a new hardware problem.
I suggest trying a Live-CD 
<http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/> of the release of 
Jessie you had been using.

HTH

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Blank screen bug Tim <debian-bugreport@quuck.eu> - 2017-09-23 12:30 +0200
  Re: Blank screen bug Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-09-23 13:00 +0200
  Re: Blank screen bug Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-09-23 14:50 +0200
    Re: Blank screen bug Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-09-23 17:00 +0200
      Re: Blank screen bug Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-09-23 17:10 +0200
      Re: Blank screen bug David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-09-24 04:00 +0200
    Re: Blank screen bug Tim <debian-bugreport@quuck.eu> - 2017-10-13 00:50 +0200
    Re: Blank screen bug Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2017-10-13 01:10 +0200
  Re: Blank screen bug David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-09-24 03:30 +0200
    Re: Blank screen bug Tim <debian-bugreport@quuck.eu> - 2017-10-08 12:10 +0200
      Re: Blank screen bug Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-10-08 13:10 +0200
      Re: Blank screen bug anxiousmac@gmail.com - 2017-10-08 14:10 +0200
      Re: Blank screen bug David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-10-13 00:10 +0200
  Re: Blank screen bug Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-24 07:20 +0200

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