On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 10:38 -0800, Robert Lewis wrote: > Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 17:07 -0800, Robert Lewis wrote: > > > >> Going back through the last 5 versions of SUSE > >> I have observed this same problem with the screen saver. > >> I am currently on 10.2 and about to go to 10.3 > >> > >> I have the screen saver set for random (more interesting that way) > >> to start after 4-minutes of idle time. I have: Use OpenGL screen savers > >> and Use screen savers that manipulate the screen clicked on. > >> Also, somewhere, I have it set to just go dark/blank after about > >> 10-minutes. > >> > >> Every once in awhile (sometimes a month) this fails and > >> the screen just stays on. Nothing I can think of to do works > >> to restore the functionality outside of a reboot. > >> > >> This time I did notice that I had Firefox minimized but I am > >> not sure if that has anything to do with it. > >> > >> Any ideas what causes this intermittent behavior? > >> > >> > > maybe gnome-screensaver is crashing, is it still running when the screen > > doesn't lock? If it is crashing, try to run it under gdb to get a stack > > trace and file a bug report with it attached. > > > Thanks for the suggestion. However, I am running KDE and have been > all along so does your suggestion still apply?
sorry, I read ...screensaver.. and immediately thought it was gnome-screensaver. If you use KDE, you might want to do the same with kscreensaver and see if it's crashing -- Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
