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#1 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Xscreensaver version in ports is still out of date » 2026-01-11 10:36:53

Thanks for the pointers and guidance, I'll do some emailing and bug filing reports.
Sadly, the error persists even in the latest version I built myself.

I  may update to Plasma 6.5 and see if that solves the issue.  Maybe Plasma and Xscreensaver AND AMD just don't play nice?

#2 Re: Desktop and Multimedia » Xscreensaver version in ports is still out of date » 2026-01-10 18:13:22

No I've been using Debian for centuries. I get that stable means stable, and old things just work, I'm fine with that. BUT, why is it not even in experimental? That's the real question.

#3 Desktop and Multimedia » Xscreensaver version in ports is still out of date » 2026-01-10 11:15:30

jjSuper1
Replies: 7

I've been dealing with a longstanding issue which I assumed was KDE specific.  It turns out, its an xscreensaver issue.  Finally after a long testing period, I can confirm that xscreensaver messes with my dual-monitor settings.

When reading on the xscreensaver website, I found that debian still dutifully ships v6.09.   Good old debain stable.

Except that's from like 1849, which while it works, may be the reason I am having issues..

What is the proceedure for Devuan to include https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscree … .13.tar.gz in at least the experimental branch, or dev-testing.  I can't find this anywhere except on the official source website.

I'm going to install it locally myself, but it would be nice if someone checked these things once in a while.  I'm not one to update my software often, but being 2 years out of date and have no update even in experimental doesn't seem right.

Thanks!

#4 Hardware & System Configuration » XFCE Suspend wakes immediately, successful suspend on second attempt » 2025-07-16 21:42:43

jjSuper1
Replies: 1

Previously (in the last month), suspend worked as intended when manually selecting the button, or when idle timeout.

Now, the following happens:

Select suspend from the XFCE logout panel.
The system enters suspend state.
Immediately the CDROM self test and Hard Disks are spun up like a system reboot has occured.
The system resumes its normal state as if I had never selected anything.
I select SUSPEND again, the system suspends normally, wakes on keypress normally.

I don't know why I have to press it twice now, when I didn't before.  I haven't updated any software in months.
The only change I made was to the bios fan control points after removing a fan.

Thoughts?

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