Re: xscreensaver hangs Linux

[Michael ROGERS <M Rogers cs ucl ac uk>]

>| Yesterday I turned it off and the system hangs hung.  The system wasn't
>| touch for longer than the last time it frooze.
>
>You mean that you have killed the xscreensaver process and then you
>let the system stand idle for a long time before it froze ?
>
>If so, what are you running and what kind of OS + distribution are you
>using?

Isn't 20 minutes after the screensaver starts the default delay for power
management? Maybe the monitor is shutting down but not coming back on?

Just a thought,

Michael Rogers