Here is the output of 'lshw': BTW, ctrl+alt+F1 will get me to the login screen.
latituded505 description: Portable Computer product: Latitude D505 vendor: Dell Inc. serial: 10Y2F61 width: 32 bits capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable uuid=44454C4C-3000-1059-8032-B1C04F463631 *-core description: Motherboard product: 0H2049 vendor: Dell Inc. physical id: 0 serial: .10Y2F61.CN486434BF0405. *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Dell Inc. physical id: 0 version: A07 date: 09/03/2004 size: 64KiB capacity: 448KiB capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1500MHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 400 bus info: cpu@0 version: 6.9.5 slot: Microprocessor size: 1500MHz capacity: 1800MHz width: 32 bits clock: 133MHz capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe bts eagerfpu *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 700 size: 8KiB capacity: 8KiB capabilities: internal write-back data configuration: level=1 *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 701 size: 512KiB capacity: 512KiB clock: 66MHz (15.0ns) capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified configuration: level=2 *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1000 slot: System board or motherboard size: 1GiB capacity: 2GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns) physical id: 0 slot: DIMM_A size: 512MiB width: 64 bits clock: 333MHz (3.0ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 333 MHz (3.0 ns) physical id: 1 slot: DIMM_B size: 512MiB width: 64 bits clock: 333MHz (3.0ns) *-pci description: Host bridge product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-intel resources: irq:0 *-generic:0 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-generic:1 UNCLAIMED description: System peripheral product: 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 0.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master configuration: latency=0 *-display:0 description: VGA compatible controller product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:11 memory:f0000000-f7ffffff memory:faf80000-faffffff ioport:c000(size=8) memory:c0000-dffff *-display:1 UNCLAIMED description: Display controller product: 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:faf00000-faf7ffff *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:bf80(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.9.0-4-686 uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@1 logical name: usb1 version: 4.09 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:bf40(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.9.0-4-686 uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@3 logical name: usb3 version: 4.09 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:2 description: USB controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: uhci bus_master configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:bf20(size=32) *-usbhost product: UHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.9.0-4-686 uhci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@4 logical name: usb4 version: 4.09 capabilities: usb-1.10 configuration: driver=hub slots=2 speed=12Mbit/s *-usb:3 description: USB controller product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d.7 bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci-pci latency=0 resources: irq:11 memory:faeffc00-faefffff *-usbhost product: EHCI Host Controller vendor: Linux 4.9.0-4-686 ehci_hcd physical id: 1 bus info: usb@2 logical name: usb2 version: 4.09 capabilities: usb-2.00 configuration: driver=hub slots=6 speed=480Mbit/s *-pci description: PCI bridge product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1e bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0 version: 81 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master resources: ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:fc000000-fdffffff memory:40000000-43ffffff *-pcmcia description: CardBus bridge product: PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:01:01.0 version: 02 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=yenta_cardbus latency=176 maxlatency=5 mingnt=192 resources: irq:11 memory:fc000000-fc000fff ioport:e000(size=256) ioport:e400(size=256) memory:40000000-43ffffff memory:48000000-4bffffff *-firewire description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) product: PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller vendor: Texas Instruments physical id: 1.1 bus info: pci@0000:01:01.1 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 resources: irq:11 memory:fcfff800-fcffffff memory:fcff8000-fcffbfff *-network:0 description: Wireless interface product: BCM4309 802.11abg Wireless Network Controller vendor: Broadcom Limited physical id: 3 bus info: pci@0000:01:03.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 03 serial: 00:90:96:a3:db:6b width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=4.9.0-4-686 firmware=666.2 ip=192.168.45.29 latency=32 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11 resources: irq:5 memory:fcffc000-fcffdfff *-network:1 description: Ethernet interface product: 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 8 bus info: pci@0000:01:08.0 logical name: eth0 version: 81 serial: 00:0f:1f:d1:3f:16 size: 10Mbit/s capacity: 100Mbit/s width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s resources: irq:11 memory:fcffe000-fcffefff ioport:ecc0(size=64) *-isa description: ISA bridge product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0 resources: irq:0 *-ide description: IDE interface product: 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: ide bus_master configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 resources: irq:11 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:bfa0(size=16) memory:44000000-440003ff *-multimedia description: Multimedia audio controller product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=0 resources: irq:5 ioport:d800(size=256) ioport:dc40(size=64) memory:faeff800-faeff9ff memory:faeff400-faeff4ff *-communication description: Modem product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.6 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm generic bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0m latency=0 resources: irq:5 ioport:d400(size=256) ioport:d080(size=128) *-scsi:0 physical id: 1 logical name: scsi0 capabilities: emulated *-disk description: ATA Disk product: FUJITSU MHT2060A vendor: Fujitsu physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 006C serial: NP0DT4C2EV8R size: 55GiB (60GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=f0000000 *-volume:0 description: Windows FAT volume vendor: Dell 4.1 physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 version: FAT16 serial: 07d4-0c16 size: 47MiB capacity: 47MiB capabilities: primary boot fat initialized configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=DellUtility *-volume:1 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: d0b95584-2922-48f6-94d0-3d30a33fb884 size: 29GiB capacity: 29GiB capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2015-02-02 19:23:39 filesystem=ext4 label=debian-disk lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-11-21 08:43:20 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2017-11-21 08:43:25 state=mounted *-volume:2 description: Linux swap volume physical id: 3 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3 logical name: /dev/sda3 version: 1 serial: f8aab7b2-a025-4aca-887a-c7f5db8eee77 size: 5183MiB capacity: 5183MiB capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096 *-volume:3 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 4 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4 logical name: /dev/sda4 version: 1.0 serial: 4a5bdecc-a33f-465b-9cb2-1a313fefd530 size: 21GiB capacity: 21GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2015-12-09 22:25:43 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2017-11-10 10:20:30 mounted=2017-11-10 10:20:41 state=clean *-scsi:1 physical id: 2 logical name: scsi1 capabilities: emulated *-cdrom description: DVD reader product: CDRW/DVD SN-324S vendor: SAMSUNG physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/sr0 version: U303 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-battery product: DELL MT26481 vendor: Samsung SDI physical id: 1 slot: Sys. Battery Bay capacity: 47520mWh configuration: voltage=11.1V On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 9:22 AM, Jeroen Mathon <jeroenmathon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > > Could you install the `lshw` package and send us the output of that > command? > > That way we can see what hardware your running. > > > On 11/20/2017 03:20 PM, Ulrich Marckmann wrote: > > On an older (windows XP era) laptop running Stretch with XFCE desktop > > I have set the power settings to turn the screen off after some time, > > but I cannot get it back on. > > The touchpad, space bar, enter key does only turn the screen on in a > > sense that it's on but black. I can increase/decrease the blackness > > with the function keys, but I don't get the desktop. > > Any idea on how to get the desktop back? > > Thanks, > > Ulrich > > >