Re: xscreensaver

["Owen Heisler" <owenh000@gmail.com>]

On 11/5/06, Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 19:55 -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> > I'm finding that when I play defendguin in fullscreen mode, it will
> > freeze, and then go into a window.  I think that xscreensaver is
> > assuming things are idle, and is trying to start up (subsequently giving
> > up when defendguin goes into window mode).  Similar small freeze ups
> > happen when I play lxdoom (though this is played in Window mode; so, the
> > change is not as apparent.)  It'll freeze up momentarily, and then
> > continue.
> >
> > I'm using xfce4.  Is there a work around for this?  Or, if I'm wrong,
> > another explanation for these freeze-ups when playing these games?
>
> Try disabling xscreensaver to make sure that it is to blame.

I've had the same problem with several different games, including
scorched3d, gl-117, njam, and others.  I run Etch on an amd64 system
and an i386 system.  It has happened on both, and I did disable
xscreensaver once to successfully eliminate the problem.