[kde-linux] screen savers

[James Richard Tyrer]

Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Louis Hinman<lou at manhattanhandyman.com> wrote:
>> I am running KDE 3.5.10 (which is included in the Slackware 12.2 release of
>> 12/09/2008)
>>
>> I find that the screen-savers that I've tried ("Eruption" for example
>> under "Flying Things") freeze after awhile  (thus reducing their value as
>> screen "savers").  Is there something to be done about this?
> 
> I wonder if it expects the monitor to be in power-saving mode?

That sounds reasonable, and the problem is that the screen isn't blanking.

If your monitor supports Power Control (Standby, Suspend, and Power 
off), you must have:

     Option	"DPMS"

in your "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file in the Monitor Section:

Section "Monitor"

     <other stuff>

     Option	"DPMS"
EndSection

Then in the Control Center:

     Peripherals -> Display :: Power Control

allows you to turn it on and off and configure it.  If you want the 
screen saver to run forever, turn it off.

OTOH, it is possible that the monitor is being sent the blanking signal 
and it isn't working -- a hardware problem.

-- 
James Tyrer

Linux (mostly) From Scratch