On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 10:56, Dave Laird wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Good morning, David... > > On Sunday 09 March 2003 10:23 am, David Relson wrote: > > > I discovered kdeartwork a while after posting my query. It is now loaded > > and I see a reasonable list of choices. However, when it's time for the > > screen saver to kick it all that happens is that the screen goes > > black. The screen returns to normal when I use the keyboard. > > > > Perhaps the issue is the "Random" screen saver, which is what I like to > > use. (Gnome has such a great selection of different screen savers). Using > > google, I found some mentions of non-working KDE screensavers. Is that > > still true? Are the ones for gnome compatible with kde? > > It sounds suspiciously as if you still have Power Control turned on. If you > want to see the screen saver, in some cases, you must first make sure you > have that unchecked, because *it* will blank the screen, before the screen > saver kicks in, in some cases. Of course, your results may vary. 8-)
If Dave and Greg are right .... and they may well be.... try this go to the screensaver page in kcontrol... they hit the test button... if the screensaver works there.... then it could well be power saver. If not... it may be selecting the Blank Screen screensaver. James
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