[mythtvnz] screen saver acting up

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Mark van Dijk
<mark.van.dijk at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> 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?

I have seen this exact same problem described somewhere recently, most
probably in the mythtv-users list in the last couple of  months. Can't
find it in a quick look in the archives but it must be there
somewhere.

Unless it was this list...?