Weird problem with mate-screensaver

[Colin Law]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2021 at 16:03, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
>
> Occasionally I come back to my computer to find a black screen that
> cannot be unlocked because mate-screensaver had died before something
> decided the computer was idle. The virtual consoles don't work, and
> the only way I can get back in is ssh + `sudo service lightdm restart`
> + log in again --- obviously I lose whatever was running in the GUI.

Did you take note of Liam's suggestion to check whether the
BIOS/firmware is up to date.  I have at least once had an update fix a
strange issue that seemed in no way to be related to the documented
updates in the BIOS.

Apologies if you have responded to his suggestion, I may have missed it.

Colin