[mythtvnz] screen saver acting up

[Jason Taylor]

As I remember its a nvidia driver issue

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1090259



2009/5/11 Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>

> 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...?
>
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