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On Apr 8, 2013 7:18 AM, "Michael Schwendt" <<a href="mailto:mschwendt@gmail.com">mschwendt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 06:52:04 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote:<br>
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> > > On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 19:45:43 -0700, Richard Vickery wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > Hi,<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > It happens often enough that I leave the computer long enough for it to<br>
> > > > blacken the screen. Is there a combination key stroke to get x back?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Do you mean your computer is frozen (crashed) when that happens?<br>
> > > Else it's the screen blanker, and you could simply move the mouse or use<br>
> > > the keyboard, and the system would detect that as activity.<br>
> ><br>
> > It can't simply be crashed every time I simply leave it?<br>
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> Why not? That's what can happen with bugs in the software. I've<br>
> encountered it too with F19 development (and ATI Radeon graphics).<br>
> Visiting "Settings > Power" in GNOME Shell, I disabled the screen blanker<br>
> (set it to "Never") or else I would return to the machine and fit it with<br>
> the monitor in power-saving mode and with no way to wake it up. It's not<br>
> supposed to be like that. It's misbehaviour. A bug somewhere. Currently,<br>
> everything is fine again.<br>
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> In other words, people in this thread have misunderstood eachother.<br>
> "Locking" the screen does not refer to freezing the machine or crashing<br>
> X but just to displaying a passphrase prompt after you've left the<br>
> machine unattended for some time. That can be separate from the screen<br>
> blanker (or screen saver) activity. Neither should make your system<br>
> unusable. That's a bug.<br>
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> --<br>
> Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) - Linux 3.9.0-0.rc5.git1.301.fc19.x86_64<br>
> loadavg: 0.14 0.17 0.15<br>
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<p>How do I find this bug in order to report it? And is it worth reporting since f19 will be beta soon, at which time I'll upgrade?</p>