SOLVED No Desktop when opening laptop

[frozen]

I have a 64bit amd processor. When I close the lid on my laptop and open it I can't see the desktop at all. I can see the lights on the screen but that's all there is. I have to shut down and reboot to see everything again. How can I fix this?

[madberry]

Re: No Desktop when opening laptop

Did you configure it to hibernate or suspend when the lid switch gets triggered.

[mad]Berry

[frozen]

Re: No Desktop when opening laptop

No, I never had to in the past. It seems it does it when the lid is open too, I left for 30 mins and it was black again. Where would I go to change these settings?


Thanks

[madberry]

Re: No Desktop when opening laptop

Click on you're battery icon next to the clock.
The "Power Manager" will pop-up.
On the bottom you will find "When laptop lid closes"
Make sure it is on "Do Nothing"

[mad]Berry

[frozen]

Re: No Desktop when opening laptop

That was set as do nothing an a few other things were too.

[trikinomitry101]

Re: No Desktop when opening laptop

Not trying to belittle you, just trying to rule it out!

Have you tried clicking the mouse on the screen in case it is your screen saver coming on and requiring a mouse click instead of just a movement or key stroke. Sometimes keystrokes don't take me out of my screen saver mode.

[frozen]

Re: No Desktop when opening laptop

I have it solved now. I installed the latest firmware for my Nvidia card, I just remove those and tested everything and it's working as it should. I guess my laptop or Kubuntu don't like the new firmware for my machine.

The card is a GeForce 6100

[Snowhog]

Re: No Desktop when opening laptop

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