Redhat 8 Screen Saver Problem
 

Hello,

I have RH8 running on a Dell Inspiron 4150 laptop. The problem is that the screensaver seems to go all haywire and locks up the computer leaving the only option off shutting down with power button ( not a good option ).
Can anyone help please.

Thanks,
scon

which screensaver are you using? have you tried using others?

there's some HERE - sorry can't recommend any in particular, haven't used any of these

can you get out of the lockup by ctrl+alt+F# - then kill X or the screensaver?

I am using Gnome 2. Looked at those optional screensavers and will download and try.

Can't use Ctrl alt F# when machine "locks" but will use this option before I leave laptop idle as command line terminal is fine.

Thanks for your help Genessee

are you sure it's the screensaver and not some other powersaving feature that kicks in at around the same time?

I have found, after numerous different combination's, that if I set mode to "Only One Screensaver" and "Lock Screen After 0 minutes" in Screensaver Preferences, then no more problems.

This seems peculiar but I am happy with this as it beats having to kill X Windows every time before ScreenSaver kicks in.

Now I need to investigate quirks of laptops powersaving functions as you suggest.

Thanks