FS#4219 - xscreensaver won't activate in kde 3.5.1

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 03:08 GMT
Last edited by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 13:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.1 Noodle
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The xscreensaver 4.23-2 package won't start in KDE 3.5.1 at the desginated time set by user unless the following is added to the ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc file:

DPMS-dependent=false
This task depends upon

Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thursday, 06 July 2006, 06:39 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 15:50 GMT
sorry i cannot confirm this issue, works fine with a test user
Comment by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 03:04 GMT
I wish I could do more to help narrow the issue.
All I can do at this point is refer you to a couple of threads that talk about the same problem.

What they experienced is the same as myself.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=19647
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=413869
Comment by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Monday, 03 July 2006, 01:54 GMT
Some more info below.
I'm now using kde 3.5.3 and the DPMS-dependent=false line no longer helps.

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128610

My system info:
http://h1.ripway.com/camplear/html/mcqueen_sysinfo.html
Comment by Joseph E. Miele (jemiele1) - Monday, 03 July 2006, 20:48 GMT
Looks like KDE bug 128610 has been fixed. A new build from the KDE source should fix the problem.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 04 July 2006, 05:20 GMT
please send me the exact patch, i didn't found it on kde svn.
Comment by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Tuesday, 04 July 2006, 13:18 GMT
Does this link help with regards to svn patch??

http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/kdesktop/lockeng.cc?rev=548008&view=log
http://websvn.kde.org/branches/KDE/3.5/kdebase/kdesktop/lockeng.cc?rev=548008&view=rev
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Tuesday, 04 July 2006, 13:35 GMT
well does that solve the bug really, according to the quoted bug it is still not functional even if this is applied.
Comment by Joseph E. Miele (jemiele1) - Wednesday, 05 July 2006, 02:15 GMT
The best I can do is point to a discussion from a kubuntu forum on the same problem with KDE 3.5.3.

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=6212.0

In this topic, a binary (libkdeinit_kdesktop.so) created from the most up to date kde sources appears to have solved the problem. If you check out the link to megaflexdestiny.net, the binary is based on the latest sources for kdebase.

I tried to use the binary from megaflexdestiny.net, but it doesn't work with Arch Linux. Actually, it breaks most of the desktop, which is not surprising. Maybe a rebuild of kdebase specifically for Arch Linux will do the trick?
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Wednesday, 05 July 2006, 13:28 GMT
added the patch is now everything working?
Comment by Joseph E. Miele (jemiele1) - Wednesday, 05 July 2006, 21:12 GMT
Yes! The screensaver is working!

The upgrade to kdebase 3.5.3-4 has corrected the problem with the screensaver. I have my screensaver set to run after 5 minutes of inactivity and to require a password 60 seconds after that. Both settings have been tested and are working correctly.

Tpowa, thank you very much!

Comment by Mike McQueen (McQueen) - Wednesday, 05 July 2006, 23:41 GMT
Confirmed. Screensaver & Power Control is working properly now.
Much appreciated and thanks.

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