Slackware 13.37 XFCE doesn't start after leaving computer idle overnight

pottzie · 10-22-2011, 10:54 PM

I have Slackware 13.37, XFCE, 32 bit on a PC. When I leave it on overnight, it won't restart, the screen saver just runs. I have to shut it down and restart it to get it working again. I didn't find anything about it on Google, so I thought I'd throw it out here and see if anyone has a fix.
Thanks.

the3dfxdude · 10-22-2011, 11:34 PM

By screen saver, do you mean the monitor screen is blank, with LED blinking, if it has a LED, meaning it is in power save mode? Have you tried to log in from another machine?

andrew.46 · 10-23-2011, 01:04 AM

Hmmm..... not a lot of information there but on my own machine (with an intel graphics chip) I had similar problems with 13.37 until I removed the xscreensaver package in xap. Now steady as a rock.

disturbed1 · 10-23-2011, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrew.46

Hmmm..... not a lot of information there but on my own machine (with an intel graphics chip) I had similar problems with 13.37 until I removed the xscreensaver package in xap. Now steady as a rock.

You could change the settings to blank screen only, which seems to work.
Had a similar problem when resuming from suspend on a laptop.

pottzie · 10-23-2011, 11:49 AM

I went into "screen savers" and unchecked everything. "Lock screen saver" is unchecked. For some reason the screen saver preview box STILL shows some random screen savers!
If I knew where to find the xscreensaver package in xap I'd give that a shot too.

manwichmakesameal · 10-23-2011, 11:52 AM

Code:

ls /var/log/packages/ | grep xscreensaver

Then removepkg /var/log/packages/(your result)

TobiSGD · 10-23-2011, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manwichmakesameal

Code:

ls /var/log/packages/ | grep xscreensaver

Then removepkg /var/log/packages/(your result)

Unnecessary, a simple

Code:

removepkg xscreensaver

will do the whole job.

firekage · 10-24-2011, 07:49 AM

From curiosity - do you have maybe AMD graphic, or integrated AMD graphic in your computers or laptops? I have something alike with KDE and AMD drivers for 760G chipset. Suspend/hibernation didn't worked, when i left computer for a while it freezed - amd drivers, especially problem with opengl was at fault.