kdm and black screen and screen saver

[dragonfixed]

My name is shawn.

I have installed the new kubuntu 14.04 os

and now i am having issues with the screen locker and the screen saver and the locker when i use the new os.

First i cant close the lid on my laptop and have the screen saver go into effect.
Also i cant select any of the kubuntu screensavers and apply a password delay with out having re restart the kdm service after i have locked the laptop.

also when i close the lid and re open the lid i get a black screen and a mouse pointer no option or to get the screen back to the kde desktop.

What can i do

[bweinel]

Sounds like a bad screen saver or video card issue. Can you get to a command screen (i.e.: press ctl-alt-F1 and get a login prompt)? If so, then kubuntu is still alive.

If you can get to a command window, login and try:

ps -ae | grep X

to see if it retuns anything. If not, then the X window display server has likely crashed. you can then try a restart using the command:

sudo startx

which should start it running again and switch you back to tty7. Then you'll need to goto a command window and have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see why it crashed. Otherwise check /var/log/syslog for error messages. Hopefully this will get you headed in the right direction.

cheers,
bill

[dragonfixed]

Thanks will try that

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[dragonfixed]

I tried that and i got no results the same thing happened