That fixed it! Thanks!! On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 11:02:17 -0500 Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:15, Tom Wilson wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 22:10, Alan Jackson wrote: > > > I have one of those little nagging problems that mystifies me. > > > > > > I'm running gentoo 2.4.20-r6 with KDE 3.1.2. The problem? I cannot > > > get the screensaver to work. I set it up, the test works fine, but then > > > it never automatically starts. Has anyone seen this before? > > > > I have a similar problem. Sometimes the screensave kicks in, sometimes > > it doesn't. If the screensaver hasn't started after the set time, open > > a terminal and do a ps -ef. Look for a process that has something like > > kdedesktop_lock or desktop_lock or something like that. I can't > > remember exactly what it is but it has the lock at the end. Kill that > > process and the screensaver should kick on. > > I just had the problem and here is the exact name of the process. It is > '/usr/bin/kdesktop_lock'. Kill that process and the screensaver will > come on next time. > > Tom Wilson > McSwain Carpets > 513.771.1400 x124 > ----- > "It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be > coming up it." -- Henry Allen > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Alan K. Jackson | To see a World in a Grain of Sand | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
