Fix: Screensaver Freezes in Ubuntu 11.04

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Lately I have been facing some issues using Ubuntu 11.04, one of them is the freeze which occurs once a while when screensaver is on. I tried all sorts of tweak in gnome power manager but there was no use. I then replaced Gnome-Screensaver with xscreensaver and finally it worked.

Here is how I did it to fix . Just follow this simple steps and hope it fixes your issues.

Step 1

Open the terminal and enter the following code to remove Gnome Screensaver

sudo apt-get remove gnome-screensaver

Step 2

Open Administration -> System Monitor and find the process “gnome-screensaver” and  it

Step 3

Install xscreensaver, type the following in the terminal

sudo apt-get install xscreensaver rss-glx xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra

Step 4

Open Preferences- > Screensaver,when prompted to start xscreensaver daemon, allow it

If you still have issues with your screensaver, leave a comment.

 

 

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