On 2017-04-05 07:14, fsmithred wrote:
On 04/04/2017 03:29 PM, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
On 2017-04-03 16:50, fsmithred wrote:
On 04/02/2017 06:49 PM, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
A few days ago I finally upgraded to the latest stable kernel
3.16.39-1+deb8u2. Now my screensaver isn't working properly. :(
It
keeps losing the ability to blank the screen and now never turns off
the
monitor after that. If I go into the screensaver settings this
message
pops up:
The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on display
":0.0".
Launch it now?
Most often when I come out of suspend the screen is blanked and I
have to
wake it up.
All minor annoyances but annoyances nonetheless.
Should I downgrade the kernel, just live with it or is there a fix?
golinux
Go into Settings, Session and Startup, Application Autostart and make
sure
that Screensaver is checked.
That's all I can think of right now. Oh, you did reboot after the
kernel
upgrade, right?
-fsr
I can't remember what the setting was before the kernel upgrade but
Screensaver was not checked. So I checked it. Monitor is still doing
strange things coming out of suspend and is not turning off after x
number
of minutes. This is why I put off upgrading sometimes for weeks or
longer. Yes, I rebooted more than once iirc.
golinux
I think there are some strange interactions between xscreensaver,
xfce4-power-manager and vlc. I like my monitor to turn off at night,
and
I've found that I have to go into the power manager settings and change
the time before the display shuts off, or else it won't turn off. A
change
of one minute in either direction is sufficient.
There's also a button on my panel that runs 'pkill vlc' for the times
when
vlc doesn't really go away after closing it.
I don't know the right answer.
-fsr
fsr . . . it's disheartening to see power management get flaky. There
are power manager settings in two places - Xfce Power Manager and in
XScreenSaver (display). Can anyone please clarify how these two
interact?
The power management of this monitor has been consistent for years from
wheezy and suddenly it's gone sideways. I've about had enough. If it
doesn't start behaving soon, I'll want to downgrade to
linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae (3.16.36-1+deb8u2). All the needed
packages including linux-compiler and linux-headers are in
/var/cache/apt/archives. I'm hoping that someone with more cli fu than
I have can help me sort this. Thanks.
golinux
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