getting back from a black screen

[Richard Vickery]

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> 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 saver settings.  It sounds like it's set to lock the
> screen when it blanks, as that's the default.
>

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.
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