# \[SOLVED\] Cinnamon screensaver fails to update screen upon wake-up

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/solved-cinnamon-screensaver-fails-to-update-screen-upon-wake-up/5567>\
**Category:** Cinnamon\
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/solved-cinnamon-screensaver-fails-to-update-screen-upon-wake-up/5567 "2020-07-07T23:26:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![onyxnz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/onyxnz/32/70681_2.png) [@onyxnz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/onyxnz)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/solved-cinnamon-screensaver-fails-to-update-screen-upon-wake-up/5567/1 "2020-07-07T23:26:42Z")

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I am getting a strange intermittent issue with Cinnamon-screensaver in that when opening the lid of my laptop it will display my desktop , with mouse pointer moving, but not the dimmed screen and login box you’d expect, and no other interactions. This occurs 90% of the time now. If I type my password in and enter, regardless, then everything comes to life, and I see the apps I had open previously.

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**Author:** ![onyxnz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/onyxnz/32/70681_2.png) [@onyxnz](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/onyxnz)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/solved-cinnamon-screensaver-fails-to-update-screen-upon-wake-up/5567/2 "2020-07-15T02:31:27Z")

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Fix for my problem:  
add this to my kernel parameters: intel\_pstate=disable  
like this:

```auto
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
changed to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet irqpoll intel_pstate=disable loglevel=3 "
ctrl-x, y
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

```

Then reboot, and test lid close , pause, reopen. Lo and behold, a lock screen!

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**Author:** ![anotherusername](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/anotherusername/32/8833_2.png) [@anotherusername](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anotherusername)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/solved-cinnamon-screensaver-fails-to-update-screen-upon-wake-up/5567/3 "2020-07-15T04:01:56Z")

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Hi @onyxnz, it’s great that you’ve solved the problem. Just one thing, please add `[SOLVED]` to the beginning of this post’s title 🙂 That way others will be able to know that this is a solved issue without having to open it.

Debdut