[mythtvnz] screen saver acting up

[Mark van Dijk]

hi guys - hopefully a simple question for someone...   I have recently 
done a clean install of Mythbuntu 9.04.  For my output, i use nVidia's 
binary drivers through an S-Video cable to my TV.

 
If i don't do anything in MythTv for a few minutes, the TV screen 
slowely fades to black (takes about 10 seconds).  Once the screen is 
dark, then any press of the remote will instantly bring it back.  All 
good so far - HOWEVER - if happen to press any remote key *while* the 
screen is fading to black, then the TV screen will continue to fade and 
will never come back again.  Oddly, the mouse pointer is still left on 
the screen. 

 
No keyboard/mouse/remote movement will activate the screen anymore.  
Previously, with Mythbuntu 8.10, i could do CTRL-ALT-BKSP, which would 
let me logout and back in again, however this no longer works on 
Mythbuntu 9.04.  The only way i have found to fix things is to 
CTRL-ALT-F1 to a root console and then manually restart the machine.

 
Does anybody know what is going on?

 
Cheers

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Mark van Dijk