I left my Linux Mint PC for a while, When i came back the screen was blank with white cursor blinking in the top right

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

Research direction

Start by examining the attached crash.tar.gz and the Linux Mint environment described in the report. No source file, test, software version, logs, or reproducible steps are provided, so first collect the missing Update Manager information and determine whether the blank screen is caused by mintupdate. Done means identifying a reproducible cause and documenting or testing the resulting fix.

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Distribution:

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