Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > linux.debian.user > #196317

Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch

Show all headers | View raw

[Multipart message — attachments visible in raw view] - view raw

On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 11:27:46AM +1200, Mike wrote:
>I have just installed Stretch and and randomly getting a 2 second (or 
>so) blank screen. I can go for quite some time without it happening, 
>or it can happen several times over a few minutes. I can dual boot 
>with Jessie and do not have the problem with that – so I think I can 
>rule out a hardware issue.
>
>I have an Nvidia GTX1050 video card, HDMI output to a Samsung 49" TV, 
>4K video. There is no other type of input into the TV for me to be 
>able to test.
>
>Here is what I have done
>1. Installed Stretch (amd64) with XFCE
>2. apt-get install firmware-linux nvidia-driver nvidia-settings 
>nvidia-xconfig
>3. run nvidia-xconfig
>4. turned off screen blanking in power settings
>
>I am quite happy to spend time troubleshooting, but don’t really know 
>where to start. The blanking happens too quickly for me to be able to 
>do anything at the time.
>
>Does anyone have any thoughts?

Are you able to replace the HDMI cable? Intermittent blanking for a 
couple of seconds sounds to me like an interruption in the stream of 
data going to the display, causing the display to reset.

>
>Thanks
>
>Mike
>
>

-- 
For more information, please reread.

Back to linux.debian.user | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Mike <m99@kaikohe.net> - 2018-06-01 02:10 +0200
  Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Abdullah Ramazanoğlu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-06-01 02:40 +0200
    Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Mike <m99@kaikohe.net> - 2018-06-01 05:30 +0200
  Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2018-06-01 08:00 +0200
  Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-06-01 11:50 +0200
  Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2018-06-01 22:20 +0200
    Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Mike <m99@kaikohe.net> - 2018-06-02 09:10 +0200
      Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2018-06-03 21:20 +0200
    Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Mike <m99@kaikohe.net> - 2018-06-03 14:00 +0200
      Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-03 15:40 +0200
        Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:30 +0200
          Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-06-09 13:00 +0200
    Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-09 10:20 +0200
  Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-06-02 01:00 +0200
    Re: Intermittent blank screen – Stretch Mike <m99@kaikohe.net> - 2018-06-02 07:30 +0200

csiph-web