On 04/05/2017 11:00 AM, golinux@??? wrote:
> 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
>


cd /var/cache/apt/archives
dpkg --force-downgrade -i
linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64_3.16.36-1+deb8u2_amd64.deb

If it wants anything else, it'll tell you what.

-fsr