On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:56 AM stan via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:21:09 -0500 > Javier Perez <pepeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi > > I have a problem. Oftentimes when I press the button on my KVM to > > return to my desktop and Fedora 36, the screen is black and > > unresponsive. I have to log in through SSH and restart lightdm > > I don't have a kvm, but I recall seeing people on this list saying > that they can have issues. > > Read the same, but it was working flawlessly at least until a year ago that I started having this issue. > > (systemctl restart lightdm) > > Problem is that it resets my sessions and some programs like cura do > > not like that and even trash their configuration files. > > Looking through the system log I do not see any problem at the time I > > made the switch back to the desktop. > > Way out of my knowledge zone, but I'll speculate. > > > 1. How can I troubleshoot why sometimes I can come back and > > othertimes I cannot? > > Is it possible there is a screen or power saver running, and sometimes > it hasn't kicked in, and sometimes it has? Is there anything > different in journalctl -r when this happens, and when it doesn't > happen? Maybe this is what you mean by system log? > > I do not think so, I think I disabled all power saving and screen saving services / settings. I am running XFCE so I do not know if I got them all. > > 2. Is there any less destructive way to recover the display than > > restarting lightdm? > > Have you tried switching to a virtual console (say Ctrl-Alt-F3), and > then back again (Ctrl-Alt-F1)? I think that does a context switch, so > should give something a kick. > > No. I will try next time it happens. Will that combination work under XFCE? > > I do not have that problem with my other computer, but then, I use > > it as a fileserver and it does not have that many programs installed. > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepeb...@gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
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