Re: KDE problem with resuming after inactivity

On Friday 22 January 2016 16:20:25 Alle Meije Wink wrote:
> I have Jessie running on a Toshiba laptop with an i7-5500u processor
> and Intel HD 5500 graphics.
> My window manager is KDE 4.14 with the Plasma interface.
> 
> As long as I'm working everything is fine but when the screen locks
> after a time of no interaction, the desktop does not come back up:
> 
> 1. when the session is set to suspend (in System Settings -> Hardware
> -> Power Management -> Energy Saving) and a key or mouse press is
> supposed to bring the session back, I get the (purple) background
> screen and a mouse pointer, but there is no response to key or mouse
> presses.
> 
> 2. when the laptop lid has been closed, a black screen with a mouse
> pointer appears and no interaction is possible.
> 
> The default action for suspending the session after inactivity, and
> also for closing the lid, is "Sleep". If I choose not to suspend the
> session on AC power, then after inactivity the screen still goes
> blank, but the session comes back after an interaction.
> 
> The problem seems to be the "Sleep" setting for inactivity of closing the
> lid.
> 
> Does anyone know if this can be fixed other than by deselecting
> "Suspend Session"?
> 
> Previous posts about suspend/resume problems with KDE seem to have to
> do with nvidia drivers. I don't used those though, as I have an Intel
> card..

Near the same problem and settings ... (on sid)
On my laptop switching to a console with Ctrl-Alt-F2 and switching back to 
graphic with Alt-F1, it goes back to normality.
Poor workaround, but maybe useful for diagnosys ...