KDE Screensaver Problem

ncf · 09-20-2005, 01:03 AM

Ok, I know this has probably been answered previously, but I was unsuccessful in locating an answer in my allocated timeframe.

I recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.13, and now the KDE Screensavers won't kick in after being idle after the specified time. I checked out the settings and it was all still correct and tested the screensaver and it loads. Also, I can still click the lock screen button and it will do as I am expecting it to.

Can anyone guide me as to what is going wrong?

unreal128 · 09-20-2005, 05:54 PM

Does the screen go blank when the timeout period elapses?

chemdawg · 09-20-2005, 07:09 PM

Well, I had a problem while back where certain screensavers that come in the xscreensavers package wouldn't work. But I don't think ALL of my screensavers wouldn't work.

Is it certain ones? Or all?

ncf · 09-20-2005, 07:58 PM

No screensaver is even remotely activated, as far as I can tell. I set it to lock (password) the screen after 5 minutes, but even after 3 hours, I can sit down and work without having to unlock it. No screensaver. No locking. Seems like nothings happening after I leave the computer.

unreal128 · 09-20-2005, 09:01 PM

There should be a watchdog process running in the background. Check 'ps' to see if you see a screensaver process running and let me know if one is present. If it isn't there, try manually invoking it via 'xscreensaver.'

chemdawg · 09-20-2005, 10:05 PM

well one option you could resort to is downloading the xscreensaver package from http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ and disabling your kde screensaver. I have had success with this. Actually, i had to do this b/c the KDE screensavers wouldn't recognize my power options where the xscreensaver i installed would