On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:17 AM Kenneth Parker <sea7k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 2:55 AM Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Sb, 09 oct 21, 01:13:32, Kenneth Parker wrote: >> > >> > Thank you all for your responses. Fortunately, somebody else, I think >> on >> > an Ubuntu forum (that I had googled), someone mentioned issues with >> > light-locker. And that purging it solved the issue. >> > >> > So I tried that, with success! >> > >> > What is the purpose of Light-Locker anyway? >> >> To lock your screen and keep it that way until the correct password is >> provided. >> > > This situation occurred again, yesterday and today on my OTHER Desktop > Computer. It also has the light-locker package installed. Fortunately, on > this other system, I found a work-around, which was to turn off the > Monitor, leave it off for a while and turn it back on. So I am still > testing this. (In other words, I have not purged light-locker yet). > > I wonder if light-locker hits the Monitor in a bad way, when putting it in > Sleep Mode? I'll get the Source Package and examine it, in addition to > conducting further testing. > Just in case any of you are interested in Recreating this, Install Bullseye, with xfce4 as Window Manager. Go to Power Settings. / Display. For my test, I used 2 minutes on "Blank after", 5 Minutes for "Put to sleep", and 9 minutes for "Switch off". Then, I come back in about 15 minutes. :-) I get a Flash, with something I might recognize as a Screen. and then Screen off. This is that OTHER Desktop, an HP Pavilion Desktop with an LG IPS 22MP56 Monitor. Now, at this point, I *am* going to Purge light-locker on that Machine and let it go to Power Save again. I am also pondering the Xorg.0.log to see if something obvious stands out. I'll be back. Thanks as always, Kenneth Parker
