Re: debian/unstable+KDE: screensaver/lock session not working

[Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com>]

Bruno.Voigt@ic3s.de wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a debian/unstable box running KDE which gets nearly daily patched.
> For some months ago the screensaver and KDE kicker lock session button 
> stopped working.
>
> manual starting of xscreensaver & running xscreensaver-command -lock 
> works.
>
> How does the kdscreensaver & session lock mechanism work in detail?
> How do teh different components interact?
> How can I trace its execution path and check if everything is in place?
> What config files are used?
>
> Purging and reinstalling these packages didn't help:
>
> ii  kscreensaver                                 3.5.5-1  additional 
> screen savers released with KDE
> ii  kscreensaver-xsavers                         3.5.5-1            KDE 
> hooks for standard xscreensavers
> ii  xscreensaver                                 4.24-5  Automatic 
> screensaver for X
> ii  xscreensaver-gl                              4.24-5  GL(Mesa) screen 
> hacks for xscreensaver
>
> TIA, Brun
>
>
>   
I hate turning down helping people, but if this is a problem with 
Unstable you should probably ask in the Bug Reports mailing list so that 
the developers can fix it and put it in the release of Etch.

Ask for having to run the programs manually, can't you just add it to 
your startup script? That's what I did with gsynaptics and it worked for me.