On 04/02/2017 06:49 PM, golinux@??? wrote:
> A few days ago I finally upgraded to the latest stable kernel
> 3.16.39-1+deb8u2. Now my screensaver isn't working properly. :( It
> keeps losing the ability to blank the screen and now never turns off the
> monitor after that. If I go into the screensaver settings this message
> pops up:
>
> The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on display ":0.0".
> Launch it now?
>
> Most often when I come out of suspend the screen is blanked and I have to
> wake it up.
>
> All minor annoyances but annoyances nonetheless.
>
> Should I downgrade the kernel, just live with it or is there a fix?
>
> golinux
>
>

Go into Settings, Session and Startup, Application Autostart and make sure
that Screensaver is checked.

That's all I can think of right now. Oh, you did reboot after the kernel
upgrade, right?

-fsr