Bug 27635

Summary:	multiple monitors, xinerama=off, screensaver works on primary only
Product:	[Unmaintained] kscreensaver	Reporter:	Spotter <spotter>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kscreensaver bugs tracking <kscreensaver-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	mgraesslin, seeger
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Spotter 2001-06-24 01:30:15 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kcontrol
Version:           KDE 2.1.1 
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: Mandrake 8 Release

I have two video cards with two monitors working with X and KDE with Xinerama turned off (independant screens)... works great in general except I need to get a screensaver working with the secondary monitor since it is an older monitor.  

Screensavers are only working on the primary and it would be cool if I could have a seperate screensaver configuration for the secondary monitor (eg. one kind of screens saver on primary and different on secondary)... but I will settle with just having a singe screensaver config work on both.

The main problem is if I have screen saving turned off the automatic blanking screws up the signal to the secondary monitor sometimes and it slips out of the monitors capabilities creating a unstable visual (it does manage to blank sometimes but its not a high ratio).... just hope it never does any real damage... 

thanks

Shawn Potter



(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 George Staikos 2003-02-18 23:49:08 UTC

How is this with KDE 3.1.0 or CVS_HEAD?

Comment 2 Ed Suominen 2003-06-04 00:31:06 UTC

With KDE 3.1-11 (RH9), I get the screensaver centered right in the middle
between the two screens. So, while I'd say "fixed," it would be nice to have the
option of picking which screen you want the screensave to display on.

Comment 3 George Staikos 2003-09-29 10:02:31 UTC

*** Bug 45286 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 John Schmitt 2005-01-06 03:28:21 UTC

I'm using kdebase 3.3.2, release 1.5.3.kde with Fedora Core 3 on my thinkpad.  When the thinkpad is connected to a second monitor, I have screensaver issues.

1) Slideshow shows my pictures 'centered' in the middle of the virtual desktop.  That is, it shows the left half of the picture on one monitor and the right half of the picture on another monitor.  Since the monitors are of different sizes, it looks lame.  More KDE applications seem to try this: vncviewer, for instance, will 'center' itself in the middle between my two displays.
The way to fix this could be to allow a setting maybe 'biggest' display, leftmost display, display 1, display 2, or something along those lines.  There are many ways this could be handled.  I think my preferred solution would allow me to set screensavers seperately for each display.

2) None of the OpenGL screensavers display anything on the second display, and they show only half of the display on the main display.

I think most of these could be fixed if the advanced options allowed one to restrict a screensaver to a specific display.  FWIW, I'm using xorg-x11-libs-6.8.1-12.FC3.21 with xinerama on.

Comment 5 Paolo Peruzzi 2006-08-23 16:02:34 UTC

kde-base/kdebase-meta-3.5.2
x11-base/xorg-x11-7.0-r1
radeon

2 screens, same resolution, no xinerama

If I test screensaver on first it works on first, if I test on second it works also on second.
But if screensaver starts automatically it is only displayed on second.
I'm not using OpenGL saver but a simple "asciiquarium".

Comment 6 John Schmitt 2008-03-28 00:42:13 UTC

I don't have a problem with this anymore.  Can we close this?

Comment 7 Martin Flöser 2015-01-23 09:37:31 UTC

worksforme as of comment #6.