getting back from a black screen

[Richard Vickery]

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

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?
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