[mythtvnz] screen saver acting up

[Nick Rout]

Ahhh yes that was it, well spotted!

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Jason Taylor <killerkiwi2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
> As I remember its a nvidia driver issue
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> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1090259
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> 2009/5/11 Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>
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>> 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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