Re: screensaver occasionally stops running (squeeze, gnome)

2012-10-30 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 30. 10. 2012 04:35:48 je Andrew Bennett napisal(a): The problem is that the screensaver just never activates. I'm using the These intermittent problems are a nightmare to track down. Something like that used to happen to me when I was still using proprietary video drivers. Then

Re: screensaver occasionally stops running (squeeze, gnome)

2012-10-30 Thread Jon Dowland
Argh. I recall having similar problems. It might be the screensaver process segfaulting. Is there anything useful in ~/.xsession-errors? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

screensaver occasionally stops running (squeeze, gnome)

2012-10-29 Thread Andrew Bennett
Hello, My Gnome (Debian Squeeze) screensaver occasionally stops working. It happens every few days (2? 4-5? It doesn't appear to be regular). Toggling the state of the Power Manager Inhibit Applet (inhibit sleep then re-enable sleep) will fix it (also a reboot will fix it). The problem is that