I was able to actually log in so I didn't realize that was an exact duplicate.
I have an Optimus laptop, it happens either using just the Intel card or with Optimus enabled (but that's still the Intel card driving the display). On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 02:06 Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > control: forcemerge 846278 -1 > > On Mon, 2019-02-11 at 18:28 -0500, Dan Robinson wrote: > > Off a fresh install with no changes to the system, light-locker doesn't > > respond after locking the screen without manually switching VTs. Mouse or > > key > > input just leaves the screen blanked (and backlight off). Manually > switching > > to VT1 and back to VT7 shows the "This session is locked, you'll be > > automatically redirected to the unlock dialog in a few seconds" message. > At > > which point I can log in. > > > > But it's difficult, takes more time than I want to spend unlocking, and > may > > not be intuitive to a new user who doesn't know to switch VTs. > > Hi Dan, > > this awfully looks like #846278 and maybe other duplicates, and it's also > likely an issue in the Intel driver (which I assume you're using)? > > Unfortunately I don't have a magic solution right now. > > Regards, > - -- > Yves-Alexis > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE8vi34Qgfo83x35gF3rYcyPpXRFsFAlxicG8ACgkQ3rYcyPpX > RFt10wf/Y+u+5yaZdUBc3f12GJRxFW0cCHBBpyNzuzriag6T716tCC42rml6exvQ > azgioTYTYjiICnucwQbiyyoBZtabQPs2jGyDYv16nk3v276TgZ3J+Wz1grliOLeQ > GFr3wEVt7Dcu1DFFXQWy0HltshjqVQznkJR7SdDUO2WnO5DtNOBrrq5svIpki23t > E9CtugobXc4pBm6XStX8E+eOxszcQw3eegc4ZqQOtnI/hgECfnMkDyixz0J7eCj0 > zJ3CWGUdTVCD0s8GStUT2dxLX3VIYZXGdKaaUoUyJ50s+oHuJ7rcx4KKT8G0oP+v > yt0pmDiHCzvRxa70BZhFF42yW89G/w== > =cl7a > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
