Re: strange screen blanking out

On July 16, 2026 11:40:33 AM songbird <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 07:20:35 -0400, songbird wrote:
>
>>> none of the CTRL-ALT or other key combinations make
>>> a difference.  (i'm not sure why CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't
>>> reboot as it should...  it used to work, plus the
>>> X11 restart key combination also used to work...)
>>>
>>> last night i removed mate-screensaver to make sure that
>>> wasn't the issue.  it isn't as i had the same thing happen
>>> this morning.
>>>
>>> moving the mouse would seem to be the way to get the
>>> screen to come back on, but that doesn't do anything.
>>>
>>> i did find out a bit ago though that if i turn the volume
>>> knob on the USB speaker it will bring the display back up
>>> to where i can see again, but i'm not sure what else may be
>>> going on here.
>>
>> This sounds like a hardware issue to me.  After checking the cables
>> as previously suggested, my next idea would be to try a different
>> cable, or a different monitor.  (In any case, it would probably be
>> helpful to know how the monitor is attached to the computer -- VGA,
>> HDMI, Display Port?)
>
>  HDMI cable connection, not ever had a problem with one
> of them before.  i will check the connection.
>
>
>> That last bit about the speaker volume affecting the display is really
>> strange.  I don't understand how those two devices are interacting.
>
>  one of the items on my top panel is a volume slider.
>
>  i'm suspecting some kind of power saving setting, but
> i'm not sure where.
You can access the power options via the Screensaver menu.
...
On my Sid Mate I get a lock screen, even with that turned off.
Sid Mate is buggier than in the past.
>
>
>  songbird