bullpen7979
February 4th, 2011, 12:50 AM
Greetings list. I have been trying to get the screensaver to function on my eee 1001px netbook. I have tried several distros and there is apparently some sort of issue that I cannot hash out.
Poking around the internet, it appears that mine is not an isolated case. I have posted on Mint forum and have not gotten a solution. I thought I would post here to see if maybe someone can assist. I thought (perhaps wrongly) that because mint is based on ubuntu that the same, or very similar commands would apply. The "solution" proposed so far is basically "it's not a mission critical thing, so it's ok for that to fail." That's not a solution in my book.
For the record, even though mint is my current install, I have tried the latest ubuntu live cd as well, to no avail. same behavior. Also tried Fuduntu, same deal.
I dual boot my netbook, and all the screensavers run fine under xp, including gl savers.
Basically, the screen savers never start. Just fades to black screen. None of them work, not even the pictures screen saver. Just a slow fade to perpetual blackness.
I had read something about replacing the gnome screensaver module with the x screensaver module, but I'm not sure how to go about that. I'm barely a beginner with terminal, but can follow a list of commands.
Wondering if anyone has come across this, and if/how they got a solution.
Poking around the internet, it appears that mine is not an isolated case. I have posted on Mint forum and have not gotten a solution. I thought I would post here to see if maybe someone can assist. I thought (perhaps wrongly) that because mint is based on ubuntu that the same, or very similar commands would apply. The "solution" proposed so far is basically "it's not a mission critical thing, so it's ok for that to fail." That's not a solution in my book.
For the record, even though mint is my current install, I have tried the latest ubuntu live cd as well, to no avail. same behavior. Also tried Fuduntu, same deal.
I dual boot my netbook, and all the screensavers run fine under xp, including gl savers.
Basically, the screen savers never start. Just fades to black screen. None of them work, not even the pictures screen saver. Just a slow fade to perpetual blackness.
I had read something about replacing the gnome screensaver module with the x screensaver module, but I'm not sure how to go about that. I'm barely a beginner with terminal, but can follow a list of commands.
Wondering if anyone has come across this, and if/how they got a solution.