Is a blank screen the blank screen of death?

[Colin Law]

On 2 November 2016 at 17:41, <s_s_shahin at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Hello Geeks!
>
> I noticed postings on this subject so I might as well chirp in!
>
> Under 16.04 I suspended my session and the screen turned blank. When I
> came back  to resume, the screen stayed blank and re-booting seemed my
> only option to go back. So i rebooted.
>

Before rebooting try Ctrl+Alt+F1 to see if you get a terminal. If you do
then Ctrl+Alt+F7 will take you back and may persuade the display to come
back. If not then go back to the terminal where you can login and reboot,
rather than powering off a live system.

Colin




>
>  I was under 14.04 for about two years and this never happened.
>
> Thanks for listening
>
> Suleiman shahin
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