Bug 102341

Summary:	screen saver enabled, does not run
Product:	[Unmaintained] kscreensaver	Reporter:	theosib
Component:	general	Assignee:	kscreensaver bugs tracking <kscreensaver-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
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Description theosib 2005-03-24 05:30:38 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.2)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
OS:                Linux

I've had this problem with the last couple of versions.  My screen saver configuration and power management setup are all configured, yet the screen saver does not run.  I don't know if 'xscreensaver' is part of it, but that is installed and does work properly itself.  It's just that KDE can't seem to do the screen saver.  I'm sorry this report is so vague, but if you ask me questions, I can answer them.

Comment 1 theosib 2005-03-28 02:04:24 UTC

More comments:  I realized that this problem happens whenever I upgrade KDE, I think.  The fix to the problem is to unset all the screen saver settings, and then set them again.  Then the screen saver works again.  Rebooting doesn't help, only unset and set again.  My guess is that KDE stores screen saver settings in two places, and the second one gets blown away after an upgrade.  Since I figured out how to reenable the screen saver, I haven't tried rebooting to find out of the settings stick.  I'll report on this later.

Comment 2 theosib 2005-04-24 01:27:32 UTC

More comments:  Apparently, it's not an upgrade thing.  It just mysteriously stops working at random.  I have rebooted and done nothing to the system configuration since.  The screen saver had worked, but for no obvious reason, it has simply stopped working again.

Comment 3 B. Clayton 2006-07-01 10:28:00 UTC

I have had the same problem throughout the 3.5 series.  The screen saver works for a while after KDE starts, then it stops working altogether.  This seems independent of which screen saver had been selected at the time.

Comment 4 Oswald Buddenhagen 2007-04-13 10:38:55 UTC

*yet* another one ...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75254 ***