On 2017-04-05 07:14, fsmithred wrote:
> On 04/04/2017 03:29 PM, golinux@??? wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
>
> I think there are some strange interactions between xscreensaver,
> xfce4-power-manager and vlc. I like my monitor to turn off at night,
> and
> I've found that I have to go into the power manager settings and change
> the time before the display shuts off, or else it won't turn off. A
> change
> of one minute in either direction is sufficient.
>
> There's also a button on my panel that runs 'pkill vlc' for the times
> when
> vlc doesn't really go away after closing it.
>
> I don't know the right answer.
>
> -fsr
>

fsr . . . it's disheartening to see power management get flaky. There
are power manager settings in two places - Xfce Power Manager and in
XScreenSaver (display). Can anyone please clarify how these two
interact?

The power management of this monitor has been consistent for years from
wheezy and suddenly it's gone sideways. I've about had enough. If it
doesn't start behaving soon, I'll want to downgrade to
linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae (3.16.36-1+deb8u2). All the needed
packages including linux-compiler and linux-headers are in
/var/cache/apt/archives. I'm hoping that someone with more cli fu than
I have can help me sort this. Thanks.

golinux