[NTLUG:Discuss] How to revive local console

[Val Harris]

Michael Barnes wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu 9.04.  Sometimes I leave it for 10-20 minutes (or
> more) and when I come back, the screen saver is frozen and everything
> seems to be locked up on the local console.  However, everything seems
> to be running.  I can ssh in from another machine and all looks OK.
> I've tried killing things off to try to get the local console back to
> no avail.
> 
> Any ideas on how I can revive the local console without rebooting the
> machine?  When I kill the screen saver, the screen generally goes
> black.  Even if I can get it to come back to a login or something.
> 
> Thanks for any comments.
> 
> Michael
> 
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You may want to check the power management settings in your screen 
saver.  Sometimes multiple powersaving features get activated (on the 
mother board, video card, in the O/S, etc.) and each prevents the other 
from receiving the "wake-up" call.

To find the settings:  System->Preferences->Screensaver, and
	push the "Power Management" button.

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