Question on screensaver/powersave in KDE F8

[Robin Laing]

Mike C wrote:
> I wonder if anyone can give me any pointers to the following issues:
> 
> 1) Dell D610 seems to go into screensaver mode far sooner than the kde
> screensaver settings should allow. This happens maybe three or four times
> and then it settles down and behaves normally after moving the mouse cursor
> to get out of the screensaver each time it happens.
> 
> http://www.smolts.org/client/show?uuid=pub_d3106a99-890c-4da2-a911-d4f78b5cd818
> 
> 2) Another Dell this time a desktop Dimension 5150 - if I don't have
> firefox running then the screensaver kicks in at the prescribed time, 
> and then the monitor goes into powersave at the prescribed timeout.
> (There is no power management set in control center - if I set it then
> X seems to crash at strange times). If firefox is running then the
> screensaver comes in as normal but the monitor fails to enter powersave mode.
> 
> http://www.smolts.org/show?UUID=pub_8cb4b211-d13c-441d-ab8a-5bd25f5c3401
> 
> Both systems are fully updated F8 and running KDE 3.5 - these "features"
> have been present for pretty for quite some time now and I wondered if
> anyone has seen anything similar, or who might know a workaround?
> 
> 
> 


I just noticed this the other day.  I had to turn off power save to stop 
the power save from turning on in 1 minute which is my screen lock time.

The settings were turned down to test the problem and wouldn't switch 
back after.

At present, I have Standby set to 60 min Suspend 61 and power off at 62. 
  But the system doesn't turn off overnight.  Enable display power 
management is checked. (Before someone asks).  I only changed it 
yesterday afternoon to test it.

As I use a CRT monitor the time to get back into calibration is 
important.  I use CRT for the static contrast level.

If someone can point to the file or method to check that the Display 
Settings for Power Control are being fed to the system would be nice.

-- 
Robin Laing