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Korvar
November 12th, 2009, 11:37 AM
The most important problem in the world ever, I know.

Anyhoo, running Ubuntu 9.10. I have installed xscreensaver-extras xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-gl-extra and xscreensaver-data-extra, but only the screensavers that come with gnome-screensaver actually work.

Every screensaver shows up in Screensaver Preferences, and each will display with "Preview". However, if I select any but the gnome-screensaver ones, when I actually lock the screen the screen goes blank and stays blank. The gnome-screensaver ones work just fine.

Any ideas? Any suggestions to get more information about what's happening?

Korvar
November 12th, 2009, 12:02 PM
A reply to my own post - you know what's coming, right?

Turns out a reboot fixed it. Dunno whether I needed to restart X, or whether something on my poor 'puter needed a brief sleep, but it now seems to work.

:redface: