Re: silly question about screensaver

On Wednesday 27 November 2002 12:11, Herbert Szumovski wrote:
> At 11:39 27.11.2002, you wrote:
> >Hi Herbert,
> >
> >My initial "guess", as I am a newbie to Linux, is that your computer
> >has a standby mode or energy saver which is cutting in and blanks
> >the screen saver.
> >
> >I have my PC set to go to screen saver mode which it is does for a
> >short time before my energy settings power down and eventually
> >shut down the monitor.
>
> I already checked all the (more or less) obvious things, that's
> not the problem (otherwise I wouldn't have posted).

Nevertheless, I suspect John may be right. There are problems in X with energy 
saving settings (I know from personal experience!), and I think laptops are 
particularly prone. Try doing a search on the xfree86 web site, can't 
remember the URL but you should be able to find it easy enough.

Cheers,
TonyB
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