Screen saver won't kick in

Just installed 10.1

Screen saver never turns on...

Why????

Is there some other setting that needs tweeking??

jwrl@Charter.net wrote:

> Just installed 10.1
> Screen saver never turns on...
> Why????
> Is there some other setting that needs tweeking??

There's not a lot of information in your question. Start with the KDE
Desktop Configuration panel. [If you're not running KDE, then you might as
well stop here and ignore the rest of this.]

Right mouse click on the desktop. This open the "Configure - KDesktop"
panel. Click on the "Screen Saver" tab. Make sure "Start Automatically"
is checked, and that "After:" specifies a reasonable amount of time.

> jwrl@Charter.net wrote:
>
> > Just installed 10.1
> > Screen saver never turns on...
> > Why????
> > Is there some other setting that needs tweeking??
>
> There's not a lot of information in your question. Start with the KDE
> Desktop Configuration panel. [If you're not running KDE, then you might as
> well stop here and ignore the rest of this.]
>
> Right mouse click on the desktop. This open the "Configure - KDesktop"
> panel. Click on the "Screen Saver" tab. Make sure "Start Automatically"
> is checked, and that "After:" specifies a reasonable amount of time.
>

Yes using KDE 64Bit AMD 3200+ Abit motherboard

Did that and the screen saver still does ot start aoutomaticly. It does
start If I lock the desktop or switch users. Setting is 4 minutes. Start
auto checked. tried several different screen savers

Could the monitor shutdown timings have some effect? It is enabled and
standby= 44 minutes,Suspend after = disabled and Power off = 70

That seems to be working.

jwrl@charter.net wrote:

> Did that and the screen saver still does ot start aoutomaticly. It does
> start If I lock the desktop or switch users. Setting is 4 minutes. Start
> auto checked. tried several different screen savers

OK, go back to the KDE Configure Desktop panel. (Forgive me, but) try the
"Test" button. Does it start your screen saver immediately?

You might also have a look at the "Advanced Options" panel, but I don't
think the "Screen Corner Options" could be the problem, and I would hate to
suggest that you change the priority!

> Could the monitor shutdown timings have some effect? It is enabled and
> standby= 44 minutes,Suspend after = disabled and Power off = 70
> That seems to be working.

I cannot imagine that they would (unless they took effect *before* the
screen saver).

> jwrl@charter.net wrote:
>
> > Did that and the screen saver still does ot start aoutomaticly. It does
> > start If I lock the desktop or switch users. Setting is 4 minutes. Start
> > auto checked. tried several different screen savers
>
> OK, go back to the KDE Configure Desktop panel. (Forgive me, but) try the
> "Test" button. Does it start your screen saver immediately?
>
> You might also have a look at the "Advanced Options" panel, but I don't
> think the "Screen Corner Options" could be the problem, and I would hate to
> suggest that you change the priority!
>
> > Could the monitor shutdown timings have some effect? It is enabled and
> > standby= 44 minutes,Suspend after = disabled and Power off = 70
> > That seems to be working.
>
> I cannot imagine that they would (unless they took effect *before* the
> screen saver).
>

Works fine in test.

All screen corner options are "NO ACTION" the priorty is low

Tried changing priorty. Would not change. Always goes back to low

Note I have a bluetooth module running that frequently refreshes the icon
in the tray. could that be keeping the screen save from kicking in??????

>
> Works fine in test.
>
> All screen corner options are "NO ACTION" the priorty is low
>
> Tried changing priorty. Would not change. Always goes back to low
>
> Note I have a bluetooth module running that frequently refreshes the icon
> in the tray. could that be keeping the screen save from kicking in??????
>
Tried turning off the bluetooth. Still no go.

jwrl,

did you try the "Test" button to see if the screen saver works at all?

Uwe

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> jwrl,
>
> did you try the "Test" button to see if the screen saver works at all?
>
> Uwe
>
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Test button works fine, locksession works. It just won't kick on when it
should on timed out with no action. Very wierd

Its like some deamon is not running. But I'm new And don't have a clue
where to look.

I did a little work with Unix long ago so I'm very very rusty. I want to
move away from Windoz but I need to find some help. I do Windos development
so I can't just quit cold turkey. I want to run Windoz in a virtual machine
under Linux. But If I can't get a screen saver to work......

jwrl@charter.com wrote:

> Test button works fine, locksession works. It just won't kick on when it
> should on timed out with no action. Very wierd
> Its like some deamon is not running. But I'm new And don't have a clue
> where to look.

Yes, it's weird to me, as well. It would appear that something is keeping
the system active so that the screen saver never thinks it should start. I
do not think any daemons would normally do that. As I understand it, the
screen saver is looking only for keyboard and mouse activity. For example,
if I start a "slide show" in GwenView, and sit back to enjoy the show, the
screen saver will still activate after the idle interval (assuming I do not
touch the keyboard or move the mouse) even though the system is obviously
quite busy.

I'm not sure where to look, either. The only thing I can think of is that
somehow, your keyboard or mouse is keeping your system from appearing
"idle" to the screen saver. Here's a weird experiment! Set your idle time
down to 1 minute, unplug your mouse and keyboard, and see what happens.

Actually, something else just popped into my head. I think there is a bios
setting on some computers that causes a system to "wake up" if there is any
activity on an Ethernet port. Perhaps it's worth a look to see if yours
has such an option, and how it is set.

jwrl,

xscreensaver is installed?
And you are not logged in as root, aren't you?

Uwe


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