On 2017-04-03 16:50, fsmithred wrote:
> 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
>

I can't remember what the setting was before the kernel upgrade but
Screensaver was not checked. So I checked it. Monitor is still doing
strange things coming out of suspend and is not turning off after x
number of minutes. This is why I put off upgrading sometimes for weeks
or longer. Yes, I rebooted more than once iirc.

golinux