Re: [ubuntu-uk] screensaver freezing

2008-12-03 Thread Michael Holloway
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 01:08 +, David King wrote: I have changed to a different screensaver (SlideScreen) to stop the problem in case it is Helios. Also I changed the setting for Power Management to not switch off the screen (it was previously set to switch off after 40 minutes). I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] screensaver freezing

2008-12-03 Thread Tony Travis
David King wrote: [...] I have changed to a different screensaver (SlideScreen) to stop the problem in case it is Helios. Also I changed the setting for Power Management to not switch off the screen (it was previously set to switch off after 40 minutes). I wonder if perhaps the more fancy

[ubuntu-uk] screensaver freezing

2008-12-02 Thread David King
I have just bought a Dell Inspiron 1525 with Ubuntu. It is actually for my girlfriend, her old laptop is about to stop working. It had Windows XP Pro, but I also installed Ubuntu 7.10 on a separate partition, however, that stopped working and she carried on with XP. I offered to buy her a new