[Fwd: Re: Oh....rats.... screensaver activates itself even when you are using the system actively!]

[spmirowski]

I meant run level 5 =O

Stephen

[Dan Thurman]

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 11:03 -0800, Stephen Mirowski wrote:
> I meant run level 5 =O

Running what as run level 5?  I looked at /etc/init.d but
could not figure out which service runs screensaver.

Thanks!
Dan
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[Jim Cornette]

Dan Thurman wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 11:03 -0800, Stephen Mirowski wrote:
> > I meant run level 5 =O
>
> Running what as run level 5?  I looked at /etc/init.d but
> could not figure out which service runs screensaver.
>
> Thanks!
> Dan

gnome-screensaver should be located under the System > Preferences > 
Screensaver menu selection. I believe you can select to disable the 
screensaver, stop it from locking the desktop and the like from there.

If you upgraded the system instead of a new install, xscreensaver-demo 
or the same location that I referenced above for the menu choice should 
be how to setup your screensavers.
I still use xscreensaver-base and am not familiar with gnome-screensaver 
except for general setup  and removal.

Jim

[spmirowski]

Dan Thurman wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 11:03 -0800, Stephen Mirowski wrote:
> > I meant run level 5 =O
>
> Running what as run level 5?  I looked at /etc/init.d but
> could not figure out which service runs screensaver.
>
> Thanks!
> Dan

Running Linux at run level 3. Fedora automatically selects boot
graphically which is 5,
you can boot only the command line using 3, then start X with "startx"
if you want to,
after logging in. I found this stopped the screensaver from locking me
out every 5-10
while typing and mousing.

Stephen

[Tim]

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 18:05 -0800, Stephen Mirowski wrote:
> Running Linux at run level 3. Fedora automatically selects boot
> graphically which is 5, you can boot only the command line using 3,
> then start X with "startx" if you want to, after logging in. I found
> this stopped the screensaver from locking me out every 5-10 while
> typing and mousing.

I haven't experienced that problem (screensaver erroneously kicking in),
so it looks like you've got some other fault that ought to be resolved.

[Ingemar Nilsson]

Tim  writes:
> I haven't experienced that problem (screensaver erroneously kicking in),
> so it looks like you've got some other fault that ought to be resolved.

I have experienced a similar problem in FC4, when reading long documents
and only using the mouse wheel to scoll. The screensaver timer (in
FC4/GNOME) does not seem to regard mouse wheel activity as input.

Regards
Ingemar