Weird problem with mate-screensaver

[Adam Funk]

On 2021-12-03, Colin Law wrote:

> 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.

Not yet, but it's on my to-do list!

Thanks for the reminder.