Screen saver not working

[Michael Satterwhite]

On Thursday 25 January 2007 11:20, anthony baldwin wrote:
> Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> >On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:10, anthony baldwin wrote:
> >>Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> >>>On Thursday 25 January 2007 01:34, Donn wrote:
> >>>>>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?
> >>>>
> >>>>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.
> >>>
> >>>Works fine on test.
> >>
> >>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.
> >
> >The screen saver begins immediately when the session is locked. It's the
> >automatic starting that doesn't work.
>
> Yep..same thing I´ve been experiencing for a bit over a year.
> I´d like to see if you find a resolution.

I searched the KDE forums and finally found something similar. It was reported 
that the screensaver would not start if power management (in the Control 
Center under "Display") was disabled. I tested this on my system and it 
appears to be the issue.

I've looked in the KDE Bug list, and I don't see this issue reported. I've 
just entered it into the database.