On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:49:33 +0100 (CET) Roger Price <deb...@rogerprice.org> wrote:
> Hi, I'm running stretch with Xfce. Gnome is also installed. The > login greeter appears correctly, and allows login, but if I leave the > "greeter" screen too long, then something intervenes and puts the two > monitors into a sleep mode (iiyama E1700S orange light). I cannot > find any key combination which wakes up gdm3. > > Command « inxi -GS » reports: > > System: Host: maria Kernel: 4.9.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit) > Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) > Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] > Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: N/A (nouveau) > Resolution: 1280x1024@60.02hz, 1280x1024@60.02hz > GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV46 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa > 13.0.6 > > Command « xrandr » reports > > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 1024, maximum 4096 x > 4096 VGA-1 connected primary 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted > right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm > 1280x1024 60.02*+ 75.02 > DVI-I-1 connected 1280x1024+1280+0 (normal left inverted right x > axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm > 1280x1024 60.02*+ 75.02 > > xscreensaver 5.36-1 and light-locker 1.7.0-3 are both present but not > running. > > Command « ps -elf | grep gdm3 » reports > > 4 S root 746 1 0 80 0 - 73899 SyS_po 11:36 ? > 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gdm3 4 S Debian-+ 777 756 0 80 0 - 47229 > SyS_po 11:36 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-wayland-session > gnome-session --autostart /usr/share/gdm/greeter/autostart > > Is there some way of either inhibiting the screensaver action or > recovering the greeter screen? My current workaround when this > happens is to log in via ssh and then as root run command « systemctl > restart gdm3.service ». > > Roger I'd try simply replacing GDM with lightdm. Just a workaround, but the oroginal problem might by very hard to solve. -- Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic
