Re: strange screen blanking out

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

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