Screen saver not working

[anthony baldwin]

Michael Satterwhite wrote:

>On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:10, anthony baldwin wrote:
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>>Michael Satterwhite wrote:
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>>>On Thursday 25 January 2007 01:34, Donn wrote:
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>>>>>that it never starts. When I right click on the desktop, and go to
>>>>>configure desktop->screen saver, it looks right.
>>>>>What would cause it not to work?
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>>>>What saver is it? Perhaps its a GL thing and your 3d drivers are not
>>>>working. Perhaps it's a dud saver. Hit the test button and see if the
>>>>saver runs ok at all.
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>>>Works fine on test.
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>>I find that, for some unknown reason, screensavers do not work
>>automatically for me
>>(neither in Fedora nor Kubuntu, on this same hardware, although, at one
>>time they did...
>>just stopped once and never worked again).
>>However, if I lock session, they come on just fine, which has become my
>>practice.
>>Could you be experiencing the same phenomenon?  Try locking your session
>>to check.
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>The screen saver begins immediately when the session is locked. It's the 
>automatic starting that doesn't work.
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Yep..same thing I´ve been experiencing for a bit over a year.
I´d like to see if you find a resolution.

Tony

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