All - I noticed my KDE screensaver has quit running. I can go to kde->configure desktop->screensavers and select any screensaver that i want and they all appear to work from there. I can even right-click my desktop and "lock" my screen, and the screensaver kicks right in. I've even tried to manually run the "kdesktop_lock" program, and it starts my screen saver right up. However, my screensaver does not start automatically after its designated time has lapsed. I have tried this with and without DPMS enabled, with no luck. I have it set to start after 3 minutes. Does anyone have any idea what went wrong? I'm using SuSE 10.1 64 bit with all of the latest updates, on an AMD Athlon 64, with a NVIDIA graphics card. Its a compaq r3000 series laptop.
Same problem here. Similar hardware... Dual opteron, nvidia, 10.1 updated. eric Tom Corr wrote:
All -
I noticed my KDE screensaver has quit running. I can go to kde->configure desktop->screensavers and select any screensaver that i want and they all appear to work from there. I can even right-click my desktop and "lock" my screen, and the screensaver kicks right in. I've even tried to manually run the "kdesktop_lock" program, and it starts my screen saver right up. However, my screensaver does not start automatically after its designated time has lapsed. I have tried this with and without DPMS enabled, with no luck. I have it set to start after 3 minutes.
Does anyone have any idea what went wrong? I'm using SuSE 10.1 64 bit with all of the latest updates, on an AMD Athlon 64, with a NVIDIA graphics card. Its a compaq r3000 series laptop.
Eric - What version of kde are you running, mine is "3.5.1 Level a". I determined this by typing "kcontrol" and then doing a Help->About KDE. I've tried downloading the newer kde from the repository "http://software.opensuse.org/download/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_10.1/x86_64/" using kyum, but it keeps complaining about needing the "cups-devel" package. I don't have "cups-devel" installed so am at a bit of a loss there. Anyhow, I do like the "http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/User" site. It looks very promising... On Monday 24 July 2006 09:19, Eric Whiting wrote:
Same problem here. Similar hardware... Dual opteron, nvidia, 10.1 updated.
eric
Tom Corr wrote:
All -
I noticed my KDE screensaver has quit running. I can go to kde->configure desktop->screensavers and select any screensaver that i want and they all appear to work from there. I can even right-click my desktop and "lock" my screen, and the screensaver kicks right in. I've even tried to manually run the "kdesktop_lock" program, and it starts my screen saver right up. However, my screensaver does not start automatically after its designated time has lapsed. I have tried this with and without DPMS enabled, with no luck. I have it set to start after 3 minutes.
Does anyone have any idea what went wrong? I'm using SuSE 10.1 64 bit with all of the latest updates, on an AMD Athlon 64, with a NVIDIA graphics card. Its a compaq r3000 series laptop.
Hi Tom, * On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:25 AM (-0400), Tom Corr wrote:
I noticed my KDE screensaver has quit running. I can go to kde->configure desktop->screensavers and select any screensaver that i want and they all appear to work from there.
I am running SUSE Linux 10.0 x86_64 (KDE 3.4.2 Level "b") on an AMD64 and noticed quite a similar behaviour. As it "is only about the screen saver" I haven't put much time in it to look for the source of the problem, yet. Up to now I found out that it might have something to do with the setting "Make aware of power management" in KDE's screen saver settings. At least it seems to me (I haven't checked it systematically, yet) that the screen saver functions when this option is disabled (I am not talking about the DPMS settings themselves, but about the "power management awareness" set- ting within the screen saver configuration panel of "kcontrol"). So I've deactived this option (which means: no DPMS, but a functional screen saver) and power off my LCD screen manually when leaving the working place for more than about 30 minutes to save energy.
Does anyone have any idea what went wrong? I'm using SuSE 10.1 64 bit with all of the latest updates, on an AMD Athlon 64, with a NVIDIA graphics card. Its a compaq r3000 series laptop.
While writing this email, I've just had another look at the settings: Perhaps "KPowersave" is the guilty one - by overwriting the settings? I've just told KPowersave not to touch the DPMS settings anymore, and indeed both, the screen saver and DPMS, seem to function now. But I will observe it a bit more to get really sure that this has solved it. Best regards, Steffen
Steffen - I tried your solutions below with little success. Could you please give me some more details of your experiences. On Wednesday 26 July 2006 12:43, Steffen Moser wrote:
Hi Tom,
* On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:25 AM (-0400), Tom Corr wrote:
I noticed my KDE screensaver has quit running. I can go to kde->configure desktop->screensavers and select any screensaver that i want and they all appear to work from there.
I am running SUSE Linux 10.0 x86_64 (KDE 3.4.2 Level "b") on an AMD64 and noticed quite a similar behaviour. As it "is only about the screen saver" I haven't put much time in it to look for the source of the problem, yet.
Up to now I found out that it might have something to do with the setting "Make aware of power management" in KDE's screen saver settings. At least it seems to me (I haven't checked it systematically, yet) that the screen saver functions when this option is disabled (I am not talking about the DPMS settings themselves, but about the "power management awareness" set- ting within the screen saver configuration panel of "kcontrol").
Not to appear overly stupid, but where is the "power management awareness" settings within kcontrol->appearance & themes->screen saver? I can not find it there. I wonder if i'm just missing something very obvious?? I can go to kcontrol->peripherals->Display and find on the "Power Control" tab an entry for "Enable display power management". Is this what you are referring too? I have tried it both checked and unchecked with no luck. When it is unchecked (disabled) nothing happens. The screen saver does not start and the kpowersave does not turn off my display. When i have it checked, kpowersave, i presume, turns off my display after the specified period of time.
So I've deactived this option (which means: no DPMS, but a functional screen saver) and power off my LCD screen manually when leaving the working place for more than about 30 minutes to save energy.
Does anyone have any idea what went wrong? I'm using SuSE 10.1 64 bit with all of the latest updates, on an AMD Athlon 64, with a NVIDIA graphics card. Its a compaq r3000 series laptop.
While writing this email, I've just had another look at the settings:
Perhaps "KPowersave" is the guilty one - by overwriting the settings?
I've just told KPowersave not to touch the DPMS settings anymore, and indeed both, the screen saver and DPMS, seem to function now. But I will observe it a bit more to get really sure that this has solved it.
Has this been working for you? If so, how did you tell KPowersave not to touch the DPMS settings anymore? Thanks for you help. This is really starting to drive me nuts...
Hi Tom, * On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 08:02 AM (-0400), Tom Corr wrote:
I tried your solutions below with little success. Could you please give me some more details of your experiences.
On Wednesday 26 July 2006 12:43, Steffen Moser wrote:
Hi Tom,
* On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:25 AM (-0400), Tom Corr wrote:
I noticed my KDE screensaver has quit running. I can go to kde->configure desktop->screensavers and select any screensaver that i want and they all appear to work from there.
I am running SUSE Linux 10.0 x86_64 (KDE 3.4.2 Level "b") on an AMD64 and noticed quite a similar behaviour. As it "is only about the screen saver" I haven't put much time in it to look for the source of the problem, yet.
Up to now I found out that it might have something to do with the setting "Make aware of power management" in KDE's screen saver settings. At least it seems to me (I haven't checked it systematically, yet) that the screen saver functions when this option is disabled (I am not talking about the DPMS settings themselves, but about the "power management awareness" set- ting within the screen saver configuration panel of "kcontrol").
Not to appear overly stupid, but where is the "power management awareness" settings within kcontrol->appearance & themes->screen saver? I can not find it there. I wonder if i'm just missing something very obvious??
Perhaps the problem was that I've configured KDE for the German language, which means that I translated it back into English by myself. So I've just switched over to English... When opening "kcontrol", "appearance & themes", "screen saver" I can find a checkbox called "Make aware of power management". Perhaps this isn't available in 10.1 anymore (I am running 10.0, so I can't say anything about 10.1). You can find screen shots of my settings here: http://www.steffen-moser.de/temp/ml/suse-amd64/2006-08-03_settings-p01_scree... http://www.steffen-moser.de/temp/ml/suse-amd64/2006-08-03_settings-p02_displ...
I can go to kcontrol->peripherals->Display and find on the "Power Control" tab an entry for "Enable display power management". Is this what you are referring too?
No, I was referring to the option that can be found in the screen saver settings. But, in the meanwhile I can say that this option was not the cause of the problem that I had. My problem was definitively fixed by changing the options of "KPowersave" which is running in my task bar.
I've just told KPowersave not to touch the DPMS settings anymore, and indeed both, the screen saver and DPMS, seem to function now. But I will observe it a bit more to get really sure that this has solved it.
Has this been working for you?
Yes, it really seems to work here now, and the guilty ones seem to have been the settings of "KPowersave".
If so, how did you tell KPowersave not to touch the DPMS settings anymore?
I clicked on KPowersave's icon (beneath the clock in the task bar), then "Configure KPowersave". There I edited the settings for profile "Performance" as this is the profile that I usually use. There I disabled all check boxes in the "Screen saver and DPMS" panel, so now it looks like this: http://www.steffen-moser.de/temp/ml/suse-amd64/2006-08-03_settings-p03_KPowe... Since doing this all problems have gone. The screen saver starts after 15 minutes, and after 30 minutes DPMS powers off the backlight of my LCD.
Thanks for you help.
HTH! But, of course, it may be something completely different at your site. Best regards, Steffen
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