On Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:05:30 +0100 Peter Flynn <[email protected]> said:
> On 07/12/2015 03:57 AM, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 22:02:59 +0100 Peter Flynn <[email protected]> said: > > > >> I've been running e17 under Xubuntu 14.04 on my old Dell D810 laptop for > >> just under a year. > > > > so what did you CHANGE on your system that this suddenly happened. > > I haven't done any regular (apt-get) updates for a couple of weeks, so > there won't have been any systems changes. > > > you are runing e17... that means you definitely havent updated e. > > Right. I am using only what comes from the Xubuntu 14.04 repos: no > additional packages. (I did try e19 on another machine a while back but > it wanted all kinds of additional packages that conflicted with the > system-installed software, and it switched from Network-Manager to > connman, which at the time was incapable of connecting to some networks). > > > e17 just hasn't changed. we don't update/maintain it... so... > > Right. I wasn't considering that e17 itself was in any way involved... > > > something else changed. > > ...except possibly that I had accidentally disturbed some screensaver > setting by responding No to the confusing pop-up question about waking > the screensaver too fast. that is the presentation mode feature. basically if you wake up from screensaver "too fast" it asks if you are doing a presentation and should go into presentation mode. settings -> modes -> presentation in the settings menus. this turns off screenblanking entirely while it is active. so it's the opposite of what you are talking about. :) > > some system update started breaking x screensaver behavior? > > More likely a hardware problem, I think. > > > logically speaking... it can't be a change in e as it didn't change. > > :) > > Correct. > > > if no software changed (no system updates as well as no e).. then one can > > only conclude... that maybe your hw is now on the way out? > > Yep. Having done a lot more digging it now looks like the next thing to > check is the backlight. > > > but a sudden change in behavior doesn't simply happen on its own. > > Yep. There's always a cause. But sometimes it isn't clear, and software > settings *do* sometimes change arbitrarily (rarely) because of bugs in > settings management that get triggered by unusual but reasonable > circumstances. sure. but in this case i see nothing that would suddenly cause ytour screen to go off and never come back. the xservere controls this. you'd at least have a working mouse pointer - unless literally your backlight turned off or the gpu has decided to cease displaying anything. :) > Unless anyone can come up with a reason for that weird error pop-up from > e about having "disabled the screensaver too fast" then I am assuming > it's a hardware fault. as above. totally the opposite. :) > ///Peter > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. > GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that > you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. > Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. > https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
