@Tim, yes, I have been using Ubuntu for a long time now, and I have only recently switched to Gnome. And before I had Gnome, I had Unity, and nothing like this ever happened, and only started happening when I got Gnome.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gdm in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1482408 Title: When waking from suspend screen refuses to turn back on, not even back lights Status in Ubuntu GNOME: New Status in gdm package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since upgrading on Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 from Gnome 3.14. to Gnome 3.16 I have noticed that on occasions, when I awake my machine from suspend, the screen will simply stay black, even though I press the power button on my laptop and it lights up and stops just flashing on and off, and I also hear my disk getting ready for action, or whatever the noise is I always hear when I awake my machine from suspend, my screen is still black, without even any back lights. And I am forced the power down the machine manually and restart. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1482408/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp