Re: Screensaver killed by some applications

On 19/08/07 14:58:05, Ralph Katz wrote:
> On 08/19/2007 07:46 AM, Barry Samuels wrote:
> > Is there a better way to restart the screensaver? I have tried
> > resetting it in the KDE Control Centre but although screen blanking
> > works power off of the screen after a set time does not work.
>
> Don't know about Qemu or kde, but ~$ man xscreensaver-command may
> help.
>
> mplayer sometimes fails to restart xscreensaver on this box (with
> openbox window manager). The problem resolves when I invoke this
> script that I also use sometimes, so a full restart hasn't been
> necessary:
> xscreensaver-command -activate
> sleep 7
> xset -display :0.0 dpms force suspend

Thanks Ralph. I was using the built in KDE screensaver but I've now disabled that and installed xscreensaver. I'll see what happens with that.

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