KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

[Lil_Eagle]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

The 32 bit and the 64 bit fix are available:

http://megaflexdestiny.net/bits/kde353screensaverfix/

and a HowTo here:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=204582here.

[sky]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

Hi,

great it's working well on my 64 bits.

[Guest]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

There a bunch of threads on here about the screensavers in KDE 3.5.3 not working.

I missed not having a screensaver so much that I decided to try and get it working using the latest KDE source. Somewhat suprisingly I managed it.

You can read all about it and grab the flies to hopefully fix it on your system at

http://megaflexdestiny.net/bits/kde353screensaverfix/

I actually downloaded your file and it worked. However, since you've used a snapshot of the kdebase code, the built binary might cause some kind of instability.

Because of that, I've rebuilt kdebase_3.5.3-0ubuntu0.2 in my machine. I've included the patch to fix the screensaver problem of course. After rebuilding, I compared the md5sums of the original kdesktop Kubuntu package with the rebuilt package. I found out that only two files were affected by the patch namely kdesktop_lock and libkdeinit_kdesktop.so.

I made a Gzipped Tar archive for Kubuntu Dapper x86 which is available here:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=42637

By the way, I've rebuilt the WHOLE kdebase with the Kubuntu patches since I want to produce binaries which are consistent with the original build. You'll notice it by simple inspection--my binaries' sizes are almost equal with their original Kubuntu counterparts.

[nejode]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

djclue917: downloaded and installed your tarball as instructed. The screensaver kicks-in at the set time but I am still getting a black screen. I did a chmod +x /usr/lib/libkdeinit_kdesktop.so to make it executable, with the same results... any ideas? Could it be a problem with a setting in xorg.conf?

Thanks beforehand...

[nejode]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

I found the fix for my particular problem... there has to be a line in the xorg.conf file in section "Monitor", with the option "DPMS",

Section "Monitor"
identifier "Generic Monitor"
option "DPMS"
vendorname "Samsung"
modelname "Samsung SyncMaster 750s(T)"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-160

I added that line and it even fixed the monitor shutdown problem. Of course, this was after applying djclue917's patch and making it executable (by chmod +x). Hope it helps evrybody with the black "screensaver" screen.

..hasta la vista!... nejode

[Wubarrt]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

I followed nejode's & djclue's instructions and it worked like a dream!

Finally after all those months I now have a screensaver again!

[The Liquidator]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

The final bit, editing the xorg.conf file, did it for me!

Thanks everyone

[nejode]

Re: KDE 3.5.3 broken screensaver - FIX HERE

Watch out friends!... for some reason, when you update the kernel, the option "DPMS" vanishes from the xorg.conf file. It seems to be that when you update the kernel, it creates another file, because now there's more numbered xorg.conf files (xorg.conf.1 ... xorg.conf.2 ... and so on).