From f2d907e6bb1ba372495eeaffe428480003497716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Griffiths <alan@octopull.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 14:18:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Retry loop for resuming display

---
 src/server/display_server.cpp | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/server/display_server.cpp b/src/server/display_server.cpp
index d2dcc5762f3..e6b7bc1f612 100644
--- a/src/server/display_server.cpp
+++ b/src/server/display_server.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 #include "mir/log.h"
 #include "mir/unwind_helpers.h"
 
+#include <boost/exception/diagnostic_information.hpp>
+
+#include <chrono>
 #include <stdexcept>
+#include <thread>
 
 namespace mc = mir::compositor;
 namespace mf = mir::frontend;
@@ -117,7 +121,24 @@ struct mir::DisplayServer::Private
         try
         {
             auto disp = try_but_revert_if_unwinding(
-                [this] { display->resume(); },
+                [this]
+                {
+                    auto const deadline = std::chrono::steady_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds{500};
+
+                    retry:
+                    try
+                    {
+                        display->resume();
+                    }
+                    catch(std::runtime_error const& e)
+                    {
+                        if (std::chrono::steady_clock::now() > deadline)
+                            fatal_error(("Failed to resume display:\n" + boost::diagnostic_information(e)).c_str());
+
+                        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds{50});
+                        goto retry;
+                    }
+                },
                 [&, this] { display->pause(); });
 
             auto comp = try_but_revert_if_unwinding(