Having Googled for my problem and studied the wiki's etc. I am still dumbfounded that I am not able to get the screensaver running on my desktop for a period of time that I decide. In the Personal Settings (Configure Desktop) I did not find a possibility. Found somewhere via google that the file ~/.kde4/share/config/kscreensaverrc could be used to change the timing. The content of this file read as follows: [ScreenSaver] PlasmaEnabled=true Saver=krandom.desktop Timeout=420 The original timeout is 7 minutes so I just put two zeros at its end and expected to see a very long running sreensaver. No change. Seems to have to prolong the blanking of the screen. The screen time of the monitor is set to off. Where would I find a config file for the screen blanking? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.3 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.38-rc6-16-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) 17:19pm up 16:59, 3 users, load average: 5.62, 3.41, 2.29 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org