On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:21:09 -0500 Javier Perez <pepebuho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > I have a problem. Oftentimes when I press the button on my KVM to > return to my desktop and Fedora 36, the screen is black and > unresponsive. I have to log in through SSH and restart lightdm I don't have a kvm, but I recall seeing people on this list saying that they can have issues. > (systemctl restart lightdm) > Problem is that it resets my sessions and some programs like cura do > not like that and even trash their configuration files. > Looking through the system log I do not see any problem at the time I > made the switch back to the desktop. Way out of my knowledge zone, but I'll speculate. > 1. How can I troubleshoot why sometimes I can come back and > othertimes I cannot? Is it possible there is a screen or power saver running, and sometimes it hasn't kicked in, and sometimes it has? Is there anything different in journalctl -r when this happens, and when it doesn't happen? Maybe this is what you mean by system log? > 2. Is there any less destructive way to recover the display than > restarting lightdm? Have you tried switching to a virtual console (say Ctrl-Alt-F3), and then back again (Ctrl-Alt-F1)? I think that does a context switch, so should give something a kick. > I do not have that problem with my other computer, but then, I use > it as a fileserver and it does not have that many programs installed. > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
