laptop screen race condition

[gusl]

I've seen this a lot, not just on my laptop: open your laptop, and the screen goes on and off and on and off, etc. There's a lot of variation in how many times this cycle happens (though it's usually between 1 and 3 times), and sometimes it stays off, and I can't figure out how to turn it on again... which means I need to reboot my machine and lose my work.

This happened last week.

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[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

I've seen it more often when plugging the laptop into a projector.