Re: getting back from a black screen

Tim Evans wrote: On 04/08/2013 01:41 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: Tim Evans wrote: On 04/08/2013 11:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 08 April 2013, Richard Vickery sent: In the case where you have sensitive information that you don't want people looking at it, or children deleting it, how

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/08/2013 01:41 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: Tim Evans wrote: On 04/08/2013 11:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 08 April 2013, Richard Vickery sent: In the case where you have sensitive information that you don't want people looking at it, or children deleting it, how does one get back

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/08/2013 01:00 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c) OK, not

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Alan Gagne wrote: > On 04/08/2013 12:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > >** > >* [harry at srv-rhsoft > >:~]$ lspci | grep -i > >graphic* > > AHA! Two ways to do it. How Unix! > > > And let's add a twist to f

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/08/2013 12:31 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: [harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ lspci | grep -i graphic AHA! Two ways to do it. How Unix! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: h

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/08/2013 12:29 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: I don't believe so; what's the command that prints the hardware? lspci | grep VGA However, if you have to ask, you probably aren't using the binary blob drivers, either directly from the OEM, in either the kmod or akmod package, unless it's been

Re: getting back from a black screen

Am 08.04.2013 21:29, schrieb Richard Vickery: > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Joe Zeff > wrote: > > On 04/08/2013 11:57 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: > > How do I find this bug in order to report it? And is it worth > reporting > since f19 wil

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/08/2013 11:57 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: > >> How do I find this bug in order to report it? And is it worth reporting >> since f19 will be beta soon, at which time I'll upgrade? >> >> > Before you do, one question: are you using nVidia grap

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/08/2013 11:57 AM, Richard Vickery wrote: How do I find this bug in order to report it? And is it worth reporting since f19 will be beta soon, at which time I'll upgrade? Before you do, one question: are you using nVidia graphics, and if so, are you using the proprietary drivers, or nouv

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Apr 8, 2013 7:18 AM, "Michael Schwendt" wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 06:52:04 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > > > > On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:45:43 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to > > > > blacke

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/08/2013 07:18 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote: In other words, people in this thread have misunderstood eachother. "Locking" the screen does not refer to freezing the machine or crashing X but just to displaying a passphrase prompt after you've left the machine unattended for some time. That can

Re: getting back from a black screen

Tim Evans wrote: On 04/08/2013 11:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 08 April 2013, Richard Vickery sent: In the case where you have sensitive information that you don't want people looking at it, or children deleting it, how does one get back from this screen without rebooting and losing

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/08/2013 11:24 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 08 April 2013, Richard Vickery sent: In the case where you have sensitive information that you don't want people looking at it, or children deleting it, how does one get back from this screen without rebooting and losing ones work? As s

Re: getting back from a black screen

Allegedly, on or about 08 April 2013, Richard Vickery sent: > In the case where you have sensitive information that you don't want > people looking at it, or children deleting it, how does one get back > from this screen without rebooting and losing ones work? As soon as you go for the mouse or k

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 06:52:04 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:45:43 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to > > > blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? > > >

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Apr 8, 2013 5:18 AM, "Michael Schwendt" wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:45:43 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to > > blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? > > Do you mean your co

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Apr 7, 2013 9:35 PM, "Fred Erickson" wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 20:40:19 -0700 > Richard Vickery wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > > > On 04/07/2013 07:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> It happens often enough that I leave the com

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:45:43 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote: > Hi, > > It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to > blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? Do you mean your computer is frozen (crashed) when that happens? Else it's the screen

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/07/2013 10:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: Hi, It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? Thanks. Richard You can always check the display settings on your System Settings tool. I use K

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/07/2013 08:40 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: Why does it lock on default? That is not the best solution. At least I know a little bit about how to fix it, but I can just imagine the person coming over from the MS world having a heart attack just trying how to keep the computer from crashing.

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 20:40:19 -0700 Richard Vickery wrote: > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > > > On 04/07/2013 07:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for > >> it to blacken the screen. Is there a comb

Re: getting back from a black screen

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 04/07/2013 07:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to >> blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? >> >> Thanks. >> >> > Check your screen s

Re: getting back from a black screen

On 04/07/2013 07:45 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: Hi, It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back? Thanks. Check your screen saver settings. It sounds like it's set to lock the screen when it blank