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HiImTye

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From: Halifax, NS, Canada

Registered: 2012-05-09

Posts: 1,072

Video freeze after period of inactivity

as the title says, if I don't interact with the PC for a while, the video will stop. the computer still functons otherwise, but the display will remain in place. it's always been this way, I just figured that it was a non-issue since I'm probably on the PC when I'm looking at the screen. I recenty set up the PC as a baby monitor, using some old hardware I had around the house to stream video to the PC, and then use the PC as a central server for video, as well as a monitor if I'm doing house work or whatever. the video freezing presents a problem, as I have to periodically move the mouse to make the video resume again. here's some hardware info:

uname -a; lscpu | grep -iE 'architecture:|^cpu\(s\):|vendor|model name:'; lspci -k | grep -i vga -A 3; lspci | grep -i audio; grep -i memtotal /proc/meminfo

Linux t 4.7.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 20 23:02:56 CEST 2016 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU(s):                8
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
Model name:            Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 635] (rev a1)
        Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1032
        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
        Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev a1)
MemTotal:       12258808 kB