hirohitosan Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 Hello On my new Md2007 screen saver doesn't work. Instead of "doing" something the screen just became black. I remember that at Md2006 there was a service xscreensaver that was running all time but here I cannot find it. After the installation of Md2007 it was working, but after I removed some packages the screen saver doesn't work. I know that it's not crucial the Screen saver but just for curiosity ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 A black screen usually hints that you're attempting to use an opengl screensaver, but don't have opengl enabled. What's the output of: glxinfo | grep direct if that doesn't work, you need to do this first: urpmi mesa-demos as this has all the opengl tools inside to to check/test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirohitosan Posted October 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 glxinfo | grep direct libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b direct rendering: Yes and # urpmi mesa-demos The package(s) are already installed I don't understand sice the screen server was worked few days before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 27, 2006 Report Share Posted October 27, 2006 What packages did you remove? You can check, I think in /var/log/urpmi.log Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirohitosan Posted October 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 What packages did you remove? You can check, I think in /var/log/urpmi.log I check in /var/log/user.log and these are the packages that I removed: orca-1.0.0-1mdv2007.0 removed libat-spi0-1.7.11-1mdv2007.0 removed libgnomespeech7-0.4.5-1mdv2007.0 removed libgail-gnome-1.1.3-1mdk removed gnome-speech-0.4.5-1mdv2007.0 removed gok-1.2.0-1mdv2007.0 removed at-spi-1.7.11-1mdv2007.0 removed dasher-4.2.0-1mdv2007.0 removed libhylafax4.3.0-4.3.0-1mdv2007.0 removed hylafax-4.3.0-1mdv2007.0 removed kphone-4.2-7mdv2007.0 removed hylafax-client-4.3.0-1mdv2007.0 removed efax-0.9a-7mdv2007.0 removed kdebase-kdeprintfax-3.5.4-35mdv2007.0 removed kdebase-3.5.4-35mdv2007.0 removed kdetv-0.8.9-2mdv2007.0 removed kdenlive-0.2.4-4mdv2007.0 removed kdegraphics-kfax-3.5.4-7mdv2007.0 removed kdepim-kpilot-3.5.4-12mdv2007.0 removed kdepim-common-3.5.4-12mdv2007.0 removed kdepim-kmail-3.5.4-12mdv2007.0 removed kdepim-knode-3.5.4-12mdv2007.0 removed kdepim-kontact-3.5.4-12mdv2007.0 removed kdepim-korganizer-3.5.4-12mdv2007.0 removed task-kde-3.5.1-6mdv2007.0 removed kdenetwork-kopete-3.5.4-3mdv2007.0 removed kdenetwork-3.5.4-3mdv2007.0 removed libkdenetwork2-ksirc-3.5.4-3mdv2007.0 removed kdenetwork-ksirc-3.5.4-3mdv2007.0 removed libkdenetwork2-kopete-3.5.4-3mdv2007.0 removed xpdf-tools-3.01pl2-3mdv2007.0 removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 It is most likely that the Screensaver was a KDE based GL type screensaver and when you eliminated all the KDE stuff especially Kde-base then you effectively disabled the screensaver. With all the kde stuff you listed as removed I am suprised that you haven't removed the rest since they would seem to be mostly pointless. :D Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cebo Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 the same thing happened to me but I googled a bit and found that if I add DPMS-dependent=false in the screensaver section of ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc then it was fixed. Maybe this will help you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hirohitosan Posted October 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 DPMS-dependent=false It works ... thanks ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 My screen saver doesn't work either, giving me a blank screen like it did for hirohitosan. I tried what cebo said (below), but it didn't work. the same thing happened to me but I googled a bit and found that if I add DPMS-dependent=false in the screensaver section of ~/.kde/share/config/kdesktoprc then it was fixed. Maybe this will help you too. Here's the information that ian asked about. [root@localhost Desktop]# glxinfo | grep directdirect rendering: No OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect [root@localhost Desktop]# uname -a Linux localhost 2.6.19.5-1mdv #1 Sat Feb 24 04:51:15 EST 2007 x86_64 AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+ GNU/Linux Any idea on how to resolve the problem for me? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindakoe Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Kieth -- the output of glxinfo | grep direct shows that you do not have accelerated 3D and OpenGL support, most likely because you use the generic driver and not the hardware specific driver from Nvidia or ATI (or whatever chipset your card uses). If you know the card you have (you can also look it up in the control center under hardware), then you can probably install support via software management -- look for packages with ATI or NVIDIA in their name, for instance dkms-nvidia-8774-4plf2007.0. The process is a bit convoluted, but we can walk you through it. An alternative approach to getting an nvidia driver installed is listed here -- less automated, needs to be redone with every kernel update, but more robust than dkms in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieth Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 OK, I understand what you're saying. Not too many months ago, I had a difficult time getting my graphics card working correctly, getting the dkms installed, etc. With help from this forum, I was able to do it. Unfortunately, I do not have 3D acceleration, and cannot have it. Therefore, this time, I think I will just leave well enough alone. I'll just use different screen savers or just let it stay blank. It isn't worth the effort. It isn't worth taking a risk of messing up what I now have. Thanks anyway. I appreciate the offer to help. Kieth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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