I was sitting here and it finally dawned on me
what the hell it was all this time....
SO, after racking my brain looking for a most sophisticated
and complex answer i over looked the obvious
on this machine it was the screen saver set to ten minutes
and since i don't use screen savers because they are always
running in the background.... it always reverted to the dark screen.
problem solved...
and once again ...i learned to look for a simple solution.
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