How to set up the screen saver to activate when the mouse is at a corner?

[Peter Nikolic]

On Sunday 15 May 2011 20:08:32 gene heskett wrote:
> On Sunday, May 15, 2011 03:06:21 PM Peter Nikolic did opine:
> > On Sunday 15 May 2011 19:42:42 gene heskett wrote:
> > > On Sunday, May 15, 2011 02:20:50 PM Marcelo Magno T. Sales did opine:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > There was an option in the screen saver configuration screen to
> > > > activate the screen saver when the mouse was moved to a corner of
> > > > the screen. When I updated from KDE 4.5.x to 4.6.x (Kubuntu), the
> > > > screen saver stopped been activated when I place the mouse on the
> > > > corner I had selected for that. This was working ok in 4.5.x.
> > > > I see that the option to set this up does not exist in the screen
> > > > saver configuration screen anymore.
> > > > I noticed that, in System Settings, there is an applet named
> > > > "Workspace behavior" (or something like that, I'm translating from
> > > > brazilian portuguese), which has a "Screen corners" tab. There I
> > > > can configure some actions to be started when the mouse is placed
> > > > at a chosen corner, but activating the screen saver is not on the
> > > > list of possible actions. Is there a way in KDE 4.6.x to set up the
> > > > screen saver to be activated when the mouse is placed at one of the
> > > > screen corners?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > Marcelo
> > > 
> > > Marcelo, I have no clue, and despite asking here and there, no has
> > > told me yet why x/kde turns off the DPMS & such when it starts,
> > > leaving you only with the power wasting screen decorators.
> > 
> > I wish it would i get sick of typing "xset -dpms  after ever single
> > update
> 
> Huh?  Did I use a double negative somewhere Pete? "xset -dpms" turns it
> off, leaving you with the scene I described and detest.
> 
> See man xset.
> 
Hi ..

I think it is an opensuse 11.3 issue or an issue with the update system  i will 
crack it one day   not tried 11.4 on here yet it may well be fixed in that ..
any how i wont hijack th thread any more get me nutts chewed .. :-) ..

Pete .




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