yes, it seems fixed with the PPA you gave me
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[GM45] system frozen after a period of inactivity
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383973
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I've also tried xset dpms force off and left there for 1 hour. no freeze.
Is it possible that gnome-power manager uses another method?
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[GM45] system frozen after a period of inactivity
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383973
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I managed to ssh to my box after the crash: I collected the dmesg output.
I cannot even reboot because sudo reboot crashes
** Attachment added: dmesg.log
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28023158/dmesg.log
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[GM45] system frozen after a period of inactivity
try to wait some minutes, after setting the dpms off
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[GM45] system frozen after a period of inactivity
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383973
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