Version: (using KDE 4.2.1) OS: Linux Installed from: SuSE RPMs I have a problem similar (but not equal) to issue 173204. When using my laptop, every now and then (the rate seems to be completely random) powerdevil issue a "lock screen" command even if I'm actually typing or doing something. If I'm running with batteries, powerdevil issue the "suspend to ram" command. Editing powerdevil profiles to change the option "when the system is inactive more than... minutes"(1) from "lock screen" (or "suspend to ram") to "do nothing", the problem disappear. I have no idea what triggers the problem, because some days everything is fine and some others everything is a nightmare. I've seen the problem for the first time with openSUSE's kde 4.1.3 (backported powerdevil), but after upgrading to kde 4.2.1 it is still present (though with a lower rate, I think). The follow up in the kde forum: http://forum.kde.org/session-locks-by-itself-t-37815.html#pid52853 (1) I'm translating from Spanish
I have this same issue, KDE 4.2.1 with OpenSuse 11.1.
It looks like a problem with XSync not retrieving correctly the idle time. Could you 2 guys please tell me more about your hardware and system configuration?
I have a Toshiba satellite p200-17D, with intel 965 graphics, a core 2 duo processor and 2 GB of ram. The system is a openSUSE 11.1 64 bits with the factory/kde repo enabled and kde 4.2.1 from there (I'll upgrade to 4.2.2 this weekend) running with qt 4.4 from the official repos. No other "strange" repositories enabled: kde is the only factory repo here. The only "tweak" is a newer mesa and mesa-32bit libraries with respect to the official openSUSE stack, due to 3D problems (I'm using version 7.2-18.3 of these libraries): https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467559
My system is as follows: OpenSuse 11.1/64 bit KDE 4.2.1 from OpenSuse factory Athlon X2 4850e NVidia 9400GT 6GB RAM Like the original post said, this sometimes happens in the middle of typing or moving the mouse, but it can also happen if I'm not using the system (I can't say that a background task isn't running or something).
I have the same problem. On battery it suspends, on AC it locks the screen, randomly. This is with KDE 4.2.3 from Opensuse. It doesn't seem to happen all the time, today is the first time I had the screen lock issue, but I've seen it suspend before.
Same problem here. The workaround seems to work fine as well. OpenSUSE 11.1 x86_64 KDE 4.2.3 from factory HP 6735b w/ AMD Turion(tm)X2 Ultra DualCore Mobile ZM-82
*** Bug 192052 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
My system specs: compaq presario v6409 core 2 duo kde 4.2.3 opensuse 11.1
The bug persists in KDE 4.2.4 too.
Same problem here. The workaround seems to work fine as well. OpenSUSE 11.1 x86_64 KDE 4.1.3 HP 8730w Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q9300
Same problem on my laptop: HP 6730s openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) Linux 2.6.27.23-0.1-default x86_64 KDE 4.1.3 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5870 @ 2.00GHz 4 GiB RAM Chipset Intel GM45 Express Graphics Intel GMA 4500MHD
Same problem in KDE 4.3 on openSUSE 11.1: Dell Vostro 1720 openSUSE 11.1 KDE 4.3.0 (from factory) Linux 2.6.27.25-0.1-default Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 @ 2.40 GHz nVidia Geforce 9600M GS, with nvidia driver 185.18.31 X.Org X Server 1.5.2 This wasn't a problem for the couple of weeks of usage, then started happening. Logging out and logging back in (hence restarting the X server) did not fix the problem. A quick google search shows that the Gnome has the same or a similar problem, triggered by bugs in the X server's Xsync/idle time handling: http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/07/30/accidental-blanking-and-gnome-power-manager/ http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/14/blanking-in-gnome-power-manager-fixed/ http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/17/gnome-power-manager-and-blanking-removal-of-bodges/
Douglas: thanks for the links. The bug looks definitely downstream and appears to be fixed.