Screensaver bug?

[airxart]

Kubuntu 7.10 Kdesktop 3.5.8
Right click on screen click Configure Desktop>screen saver with settings autostart 1 - ~ minutes, password marked or not. Apply

It is disabled from autostarting by going to System Settings>Monitor & display >Power Savings & unchecking the radio box for power savings.

With power savings unchecked, the timer for the sreensaver never works.
Check the energy savings box, screensaver works.
Just save energy. Problem, sort of solved.

[lotech]

Re: Screensaver bug?

I do not use screen saver but power saver, but the power saver randomly fail to work, some times after apt-get upgrade the default timeout will change back to 45min., but some times even the time out does not change the power savers still not working.

[Detonate]

Re: Screensaver bug?

Add the following line to your /home/user/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc file in the [ScreenSaver] section.

DPMS-dependent=false

Doing that fixed mine.

[wavemaker]

Re: Screensaver bug?

Gooday all. I have been having this problem too. I want to apply the above fix but I am not quite sure how to do it. Could you give me a bit of a walk thru? Any help appreciated. TiA. Regards, James.

[Detonate]

Re: Screensaver bug?

Sure, just enter this at the command prompt in a terminal shell.

kate /home/user/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc

Change "user" in the above to your user name.

Save the file that opens with a different name as a backup.

Then scroll down to the Line that says [ScreenSaver]

Add

DPMS-dependent=false

in that section.

Save the file as kdesktoprc.

Exit kate and restart KDE (Control, Alt, Backspace). Your screensaver should work now.

[wavemaker]

Re: Screensaver bug?

Many thanks Detonate, all good now!