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. songbird
