Re: After upgraded to Buster the Energy Settings is problematic: get blank screen on laptop and the power off button is the only way

[elvis <elvis@dogonfire.com>]

I just upgraded to Debian Buster from Stretch.
> I am running it on an Acer Aspire V3-571 laptop.
>
> I am using XFCE Desktop Environment ( in Stretch I used it also ).
>
> In the Energy ... Settings I did set up in Stretch that that after 3 
> minutes of inactivity the screen comes blank and it works so far.
>
> But, from there I can't wake up the laptop, whatever I am doing: 
> moving or clicking with the mice, hit Shift, Esc, Enter, Cursor Down 
> or Up, these does not help to get back to my Desktop.
>
> The only way to get it back is to hold down the Power button until it 
> is shutted down, then hit again Power button to start the laptop.
>
> I purge the apmd package, but that does not helped me out.
>
> How can I solve this problem?


I had a similar problem on a different distro and I fixed it by just 
upping the brightness when it was asleep. Fn f6 on a Thinkpad to 
increase brightness.


Instead of sleeping or hibernating sometimes the machine was just 
turning the screen brightness down...



> Meanwhile I switch off in the Energy ... Settings that that the Screen 
> come blank after some inactivity, but that does not help either.
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