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Cursor Disappears + Screensaver Activates When it Shouldn't

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http://crunchbanglinux.org – I should say, it temporarily disappears. I did search and people are having different problems like the cursor becomes invisible after upgrading and it's not coming back on. Mine is kind of a two-part problem.I was watching something online in full screen, I would pause it once in a while to take a break from it, etc. This whole time it hadn't shut the monitor off or activated the screen saver, and not in the 1 day and 6 hours it was on previously... So half way through this thing I'm watching AFTER moving the mouse and clicking the play button, I'd say about 10 to 15 minut (HowTos)

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Submitted by bolly on 10/31/2012 – Made popular on 10/31/2012

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