[xubuntu-users] Loosing contact between PC and monitor?

[Gérald Jean]

Thanks for your help.


I unplugged the monitor and replugged it, no black out since, but this 
was only yesterday; I'll also check the video cards.


Thanks for your help,


Gérald

Le 19-10-25 à 10 h 04, Victor Forberger a écrit :
> Could also be a bad connector or cable.
>
> The VGA port on a monitor of mine recently went bad. The connection
> initially started fine, then after a minute flickered on and off, and
> then went black. The problem repeated with different cables. Switching
> to a different port on the monitor resolved the problem.
>
> I would also look into re-seating the video card (changes in moisture
> and especially temperature can move the card around inside the slot).
>
> Usually a kernel panic results in a frozen screen, not a black screen.
>
> - Victor
>
> On 10/24/19 7:32 PM, Dan Juarez wrote:
>> Sounds like a connection issue between the computer and the monitor.
>> Try unplugging the cables from the monitor and the computer and
>> reconnecting them.
>>
>> Dan Juarez
>> Dan at lifeseven.com
>>
>> On October 24, 2019 6:12:25 PM Gérald Jean <gerald.jean at videotron.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>> I am running Xubuntu 18.04 LTS on an AMD-8350.  Usually runs good with
>>> little problem.  But since yesterday the screen went black two times on
>>> me with the sign «No signal».  I tried to plug the PC into the TV
>>> through an HDMI cable, same thing: «No signal». Further more I can't
>>> even turn the computer off, it won't turn off, I have to pull the plug
>>> from the wall?
>>>
>>>
>>> Any idea of what is going on?  It scares me, the computer is only a few
>>> years old and, until now, I'm happy with it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any insight,
>>>
>>>
>>> Gérald
>>>
>>>
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