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[ubuntu] Laptop screen issue: the screen won't come back on!

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I have no problem with my video on my ASUS G73JH laptop. In fact, it works pretty well! ^^ But the problem is when i shut the lid to my laptop. When i lift it back up, the screen in blank. It's like it's not even turned on! Whats going on? IS there any way to fix this? EDIT: And yes, the power setting have been configured so that it doesn't suspend the computer every time i close the lid. I set it to turn off the display, which is about the only good option i get. (Hardware)

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Submitted by dayu on 04/30/2011

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No problems other than one.....When I'm using the OS in any state and I close the lid and lift it back up the screen goes blank and nothing I try will bring it back. The only way to get back to my OS is to do a dirty shutdown and restart and hope that I'm not dumb enough to close the screen.

I hardly ever put my laptop on suspend/hibernate, so I don't know how long I've had this issue for. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10. When I turn my laptop back on again from suspend- a blank screen shows up and none of the keyboard buttons/touch-pad respond; only way to recover is holding down the power button to restart.

I want to disable suspend/ screen blank so that the laptop (ASUS F6J running Karmic 9.10) remains on once the lid is closed. I use a monitor plugged into the laptop when I work at home and want to stack the laptop on a small shelf. I use the machine on ac power all the time to am not worried about batteries.

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It's more a hardware problem than an Ubuntu problem, I think, but maybe there is a workaround.

I'm using a HP DV7-1145ef laptop with a HDMI output. I'm also using an external display (HP 2275W) with a DVI input. Both are linked with a HDMI/DVI cable.

I regularly use Suspend to Disk on my Dell Vostro 1520 laptop, so I noticed this issue pretty quickly after I upgraded to 11.3.