greetings, using: CentOS 6.7 current KDE 4.3.4 VLC media player 2.0.8 Twoflower for several months, when vlc closes after play a video, screen is blanked. this happens for _any_ type video. only way to stop blanking is via; System Settings > Display > Power Control then; [X] Enable display power management click [Apply] button, then; [ ] Enable display power management click [Apply] button. anyone else see this or know of solution? tia. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. CentOS GNU/Linux 6.7 tc,hago. g .