Xorg black screen after monitor power off, AMD r9 270X & aoc u2868pqu

Is there a way to get xorg to reset its video settings, and how are we getting more debug messages out of xorg these days? 
(not any kind of emergency as everything is "working")
when I power off my monitor for a few minutes xorg goes completely black.
I can switch to other TTYs and start a second xorg from there
When I try to get back to the original TTY that xorg's still black.
these messages show up on the second TTY
<code>[34181.758006] [drm:si_dpm_set_power_state [radeon]] *ERROR* si_restrict_performance_levels_before_switch failed
[34181.835519] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* displayport link status failed
[34181.835526] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* clock recovery failed
[34181.838937] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* displayport link status failed
[34181.838942] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* clock recovery failed</code>
nothing looks relevant in
~/.local/share/xorg/*
these messages also show up if I turn off the monitor when positioned on a console, but the console is still accessible on monitor power up.
none of these show up if I turn off the monitor when positioned on a KMScon, and the KMScon is still accessible on monitor power up.

Is there a way to get xorg to reset its video settings, and how are we getting more debug messages out of xorg these days? 
(not any kind of emergency as everything is "working")
when I power off my monitor for a few minutes xorg goes completely black.
I can switch to other TTYs and start a second xorg from there
When I try to get back to the original TTY that xorg's still black.
these messages show up on the second TTY
<code>[34181.758006] [drm:si_dpm_set_power_state [radeon]] *ERROR* si_restrict_performance_levels_before_switch failed
[34181.835519] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* displayport link status failed
[34181.835526] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* clock recovery failed
[34181.838937] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* displayport link status failed
[34181.838942] [drm:radeon_dp_link_train [radeon]] *ERROR* clock recovery failed</code>
nothing looks relevant in
~/.local/share/xorg/*
these messages also show up if I turn off the monitor when positioned on a console, but the console is still accessible on monitor power up.
none of these show up if I turn off the monitor when positioned on a KMScon, and the KMScon is still accessible on monitor power up.

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     What happen: My laptop was working fine, no blue screen issue, no funny business at all. I bought a new SSD Intel 120 GB and thought it would be a good idea to replace the HDD. I shutdown and disconnected the power adapter, waited a couple of minutes and removed the battery. I opened up the back case and replaced the HDD. And put all the screws back and put the battery back in.
    Problem: The very first time I turned the power on, nothing happens besides a black screen. I pressed the dvd drive it works and opens up and closes. I waited for about 30 mins and still has blac screen. When I mean black screen, no bios menu, no logo, just a black screen with the fan sound on.
    I have tried these:
    1. Unplugged everything - battery, adapter, and pressed the power on button for about 60 seconds, nothing, the laptop turns on with the LED display on for both on and battery LED's. But nothing but black screen, no sound of windows loading just the fan and black screen.
    2. I tried putting back my old 2.5" and nothing but black screen.
    Thoughts and suggestions?
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    Hi Autoexit173,
    Welcome to Lenovo Community!
     As per the query we understood that you are facing issue with system not booting in your Lenovo G560 laptop.
    As you have mentioned that the system not booting, please try to remove the RAM and  turn on the system and check if you can hear any beep sound. Also try to clean the RAM slots and check for the issue.
    Click here for the steps to remove the RAM and refer page number 40.
    Hope this helps. Do post back if issue persists!
    Best regards,       
    Ashwin.S
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  • [Solved]Black screen after "waiting for udev uevents to be processed"

    Hello friends,
    Starting from late Dec., my laptop goes black screen after "waiting for udev uevents to be processed", after updating kernel to 2.26.32.*.  The strange thing is that even the screen is black, the keyboard is working. For example, I can turn on/off the status lights of capslock and others. I guess something might be wrong with udev uevents configuration with regard to the latest kernel. I've noticed that in the new kernel, there are two drivers for intel integrated graphics. My laptop has a 855G, which is supposed to be functional by both drivers, at least according to the kernel description. Maybe because the udev is configured to use the second driver (for newer graphic chips), rather than the first driver, which caused the problem?
    Regards,
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    Last edited by Wen (2010-01-28 13:14:28)

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  • Black screen after login while on battery with graphics switching enabled

    Getting a black screen after entering my password while logging into my account while on battery with graphics switching enabled. Everything is up and running, I just can't see it.
    I can log into the guest account on battery
    I can log into my account while plugged into power
    I can log into my account on battery if graphics switching is disabled
    I believe something that is starting up in my account is causing the system to switch from integrated to discrete graphics on login, and that switch isn't working correctly on battery power.
    As a work around for now, I can run with graphics switching disabled, but I'd like to solve this so I get longer battery life.
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    I had the same issue and managed to reslove it.
    Shut down your machine.
    Power it back on while holding the 'shift' key (left or right, doesn't matter)
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    Once booted, login, and go to Energy Saver and turn on 'Automatic Graphics Switching'.
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