The screensaver also doesn't activate/work correctly if dpms is set to a lesser activation time than the screensaver is. I found this patch, but for some reason couldn't find a bug on it.
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/kdesktop/xautolock.h?view=log -- kdesktop screensavers don't work if dpms disabled https://launchpad.net/bugs/98681 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
