[SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

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[SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby Silver22 » Jun 13th, '13, 17:06

I've looked and looked. Screen saver settings must be right under my nose :?:

Thanks ahead.

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Re: Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby jkerr82508 » Jun 13th, '13, 18:56

In KDE: System Settings -> Hardware -> Display and Monitor -> Screen Locker

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Re: Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby Silver22 » Jun 13th, '13, 19:24

Thanks so much. Got it fixed :):)
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Re: Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby doktor5000 » Jun 13th, '13, 21:30

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks
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Re: [SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby fonon » Nov 11th, '13, 14:22

I have the same problem but "screen locker" doesn't work (Mageia 3). I can't select this feature - the critical error occurs with the message >>PID: 25976 Sygnał: Segmentation fault (11)<<.
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Re: [SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby doktor5000 » Nov 11th, '13, 20:09

Can you please post the contents of ~/.kde4/share/config/kscreensaverrc

This is mine, where screensaver is disabled:
Code: Select all
[ScreenSaver]
Enabled=false
Lock=false
LockGrace=60000
PlasmaEnabled=false


Also please post the output of
Code: Select all
kcmshell4 screensaver
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Re: [SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby fonon » Nov 11th, '13, 22:43

doktor5000 wrote:Can you please post the contents of ~/.kde4/share/config/kscreensaverrc
This is mine, where screensaver is disabled:
Code: Select all
[ScreenSaver]
Enabled=false
Lock=false
LockGrace=60000
PlasmaEnabled=false


Mine is the same:
Code: Select all
[ScreenSaver]
Enabled=false
Lock=false
LockGrace=60000
PlasmaEnabled=false

doktor5000 wrote:Also please post the output of
Code: Select all
kcmshell4 screensaver


The command above opens window with screen saver settings. It works. I can select and disable or enable screen saver, but it doesn't integrated with other controls.
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Re: [SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby doktor5000 » Nov 11th, '13, 22:56

fonon wrote:I can select and disable or enable screen saver, but it doesn't integrated with other controls.

Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean by the last part.
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Re: [SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby fonon » Nov 11th, '13, 23:25

The output of "kcmshell4 screensaver" command is:
Code: Select all
(...)$ kcmshell4 screensaver
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    156 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 66 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 19 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
X Error: BadRequest (invalid request code or no such operation) 1
  Extension:    155 (Uknown extension)
  Minor opcode: 14 (Unknown request)
  Resource id:  0x5a0001a
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.


The control window opens and all controls are working properly. The screen saver control will by a part of desktop configuration window (Screen locker tab). Unfortunately I have no access to screen saver settings this way.
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Re: [SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby doktor5000 » Nov 11th, '13, 23:44

Then please report that as a bug, after searching if it hasn't been reported yet already: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly
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Re: [SOLVED] Screen saver settings. How to alter.

Postby fonon » Nov 14th, '13, 22:47

After actualization of adobe flash >Screen Locker< is available. The output of "kcmshell4 screensaver" is:
Code: Select all
kcmshell4 screensaver
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf", line 9: reading configurations from ~/.fonts.conf is deprecated.

The "clock" screensaver is selected and disabled, however it works when the system starts. The clock is not displayed smoothly. After login, the screensaver is really disabled.
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