VGA disconnect reconnect, screen goes blank

[thoughtinstinct]

After upgrading to LL 3.2 whenever i disconnect VGA cable in order to connect the TV screen ( through VGA connection ) the screen goes blank and i have to restart the computer. This never used to be a problem before, how can i fix this?

[sebastian]

Seems to be same as my problem.
https://dfgkh547-jsdfv8.iyhkj.tk/forums/video...urned-off/

Try CTRL+ALT+F1 after having plugged in the TV through VGA. If you see the login prompt, login and then "startx".
Obviously, this needs to be fixed.

[thoughtinstinct]

Thanks sebastian i will try that tonight and report back.

[thoughtinstinct]

This works, thank you !

[sebastian]

I would suggest removing the SOLVED tag as this hasn't been solved. The fix I told is just a temporary fix that need to be reapplied for each disconnect (and each time the screen goes into powersave mode), and I think unless there is a permanent fix, this isn't solved.

[thoughtinstinct]

You are right Sebastian, this is far from solved. Just noticed yesterday something strange, was watching football match and decided to switch to the TV screen so i did as you adviced. To my surprise i could hear sound but could not see neither the match nor the browser window that was open. I then tried logging out and it took me back to the screen which you get when you click CTRL+ALT+F1.

Further to that, on the lite widget it displays my user name twice under "Logged in as". I had to restart the computer for it to properly work. So until a fix is found, i think now i have to look for keyboard shortcuts that will allow me to restart the computer without going through all the above process.

[valtam]

Re. Lite Widget, see the fix here - https://dfgkh547-jsdfv8.iyhkj.tk/forums/secur.../#msg27286 (will be fixed in 3.4)

[thoughtinstinct]

Thanks Jerry but i will just wait for the Lite Widget fix in 3.4