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On 2016-08-20 10:58 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > Once or twice per week, when I start X11 (via the startx program), |
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> > my display goes all black. When it happens there is no way back to |
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> > a working state: I can see that Xorg is running, I can exit it by |
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> > hitting Ctl-Alt-Backspace, but even then display does not recover. |
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> > The only thing I can do is hit Ctl-Alt-Del blindly and reboot, and |
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> > next time it usually works. |
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> Can you get back to a VC with Ctrl-Alt-F1/2? |
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Good question, I am sure I tried that, but I _think_ it didn't work. |
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(The only way to _know_ would be to hit Ctl-Alt-Del next and see if it |
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reboots, and I'll make sure I try doing just that next time it happens.) |
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I do know that nothing appears on the screen even if the switch succeeds. |
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Why does the arrow on Hillary signs point to the right? |
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