[kde-linux] no screensaver in KDE & CPU goes to 100%

[Bogus Zaba]

Jim Philips wrote:
> When my machine is idle, I rarely get a screensaver, even though I have KDE 
> configured to turn it on after 5 minutes of idle time. What happens instead 
> is that my CPU goes to 100% and the fan comes on. I also have Gnome on this 
> box (for my wife). It has no trouble going to the screensaver or to hibernate 
> mode. So, I'm thinking this has to be something KDE specific. But I don't 
> know where to start. Any ideas?
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I think there are two places in the KDE control centre that you need to 
set things up - one is screensaver (which comes under Appearance & 
Themes) and the other is the Power Control settings for the display 
(which don't just affect the display as far as I can tell). I get to 
these by right-click on the desktop followed by "Configure Desktop" in 
the context menu that pops up.