black screen after awhile [Solved]

[3nd]

hi , after i leave pc for awhile it'll go to a black screen from which it wont "wake up" , it shows the mouse curser and i can move it around ,but screen stays black.
its a laptop with a second monitor connected too, if that makes a difference...
any ideas why it wont wake up ?

[3nd]

nevermind , found a solution ...
viewtopic.php?p=768856#p768856

[3nd]

nope... not working anymore
back to same problem

[Charlie Brown]

The xfce4-screensaver (yes, sadly there ootb) is known to be causing such freezing issues (or black screen just with the pointer) since a long time (since MX-19 Beta). Get rid of it:

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sudo apt purge xfce4-screensaver -y

If you want something to lock the screen this will do it at one go:

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sudo apt purge xfce4-screensaver -y ; sudo apt update ; sudo apt install light-locker -y

[3nd]

thanks for that
i ran the 1st command and it said xfce4-screensaver not installed...
so ques its not that

[3nd]

whats weird is i left laptop on all night (logged out) while i was at work ,came home ,moved mouse and screen came on as it should .
then i logged in and left it awhile and it went black and wouldn't come on when moving mouse.
could it have something to do with being logged in / out ?
i did find a kinda workaround....if screen is black like that and i press the power button for a second or two and then move mouse , screen comes on.
ps: i was on Lubuntu before i switched to MX,and didn't have this issue then so it must be something with MX or xfce? (meaning its not my PC)

[3nd]

ok what i tried now is to go back to a previous kernel ,was on 6.1.0-18 but could only go back to 6.1.0-17, which didn't change anything same issue
then i figured out if the screen doesn't come on , and i press ctrl+alt+backspace (kill X server) ,screen comes on ...
so far seems to be easiest way to get screen back on
i'll let it rest with that i'm tired trying to figure this out lol

[Eadwine Rose]

Please share your full Quick System Info, found in the menu. Press the Copy for forum button, then click paste in a reply.. thanks.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 [6.1.69-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-17-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.18.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.26.0 Distro: MX-23.2_x64 Libretto January 21  2024 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: SAMSUNG product: RV410/RV510/S3510/E3510 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: SAMSUNG model: RV410/RV510/S3510/E3510 serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Phoenix
    v: 03UC.P026.20101027.LX date: 10/27/2010
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 34.4 Wh (100.0%) condition: 34.4/44.4 Wh (77.5%) volts: 12.4 min: 11.1
    model: SAMSUNG Electronics type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: full
CPU:
  Info: model: Celeron T3500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1 built: 2008
    process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0B
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB desc: 1x1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2094 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 2094 2: 2094 bogomips: 8378
  Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Samsung Co driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-5 process: Intel 45nm built: 2008 ports: active: LVDS-1,VGA-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:2a42 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Z-Star Micro Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-4:3 chip-ID: 0ac8:c33f
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X: loaded: intel
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2732x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 722x203mm (28.43x7.99") s-diag: 750mm (29.53")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 mapped: LVDS1 pos: primary,left model: Seiko Epson 0x5441 built: 2011
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  Monitor-2: VGA-1 mapped: VGA1 pos: right model: Samsung S19B300 serial: <filter> built: 2013
    res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 85 gamma: 1.2 size: 410x230mm (16.14x9.06") diag: 470mm (18.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1366x768 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Samsung Co driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Marvell 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet vendor: Samsung Co driver: sky2 v: 1.30 pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 11ab:4354 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Wistron NeWeb driver: wl
    v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4727
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: dormant mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM2070 Bluetooth Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 6-2:3
    chip-ID: 0a5c:219c class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.0 lmp-v: 3.0
    sub-v: 4203 hci-v: 3.0 rev: 274
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park
    link-mode: peripheral accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 20.23 GiB (4.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: P3-512 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 840H scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.94 GiB size: 468.38 GiB (98.21%) used: 20.23 GiB (4.3%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2094 libs: 1081 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://ftp.saix.net/pub/linux/distributions/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
    1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
Info:
  Processes: 199 Uptime: 47m wakeups: 14 Memory: 3.76 GiB used: 1.85 GiB (49.2%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[JmaCWQ]

What does it show on the "Plugged in" screen's settings in the Power Manager?
Your pic in the first post shows the "On battery" settings
I imagine leaving it switched on for long periods it's running while plugged into mains power?
If not already set, perhaps try setting "Blank After", "Put to Sleep After" and "Switch Off After" to "Never" on the Plugged In screen in the Power Manager.
Drag the sliders all the way to the left to set them to Never.