Screensaver doesn't work

I am using Zorin 5.1 and for some reason my screensaver doesn't work anymore. Is there a way to re-enable it so it works again?

When I reboot into my GRUB menu, I don't see a recovery option.

Where is my menu.lst file located. Maybe I can post the contents of the file because I don't see safe mode either. One thing I discovered is that if I activate the Lock screen option in the screen saver, the screensaver at least works but the screen goes black instead of displaying a screensaver. Is it possible to uninstall the screensaver that comes with Zorin and then reinstall it using Synaptic Package manager?

Hi,

when you click on screensaver in the control center, you must also click on "set as default" and enter your password, if you don't; it won't remember the settings you just made!!.

If you only have Zorin installed and no other OS, you won't see the recovery mode in the GRUB list, you must press "Esc" as soon as the PC boots in order to enter the sub menu for the recovery options!!. (You will see a small boot message in the top left of the screen and it says about pressing esc to enter the menu and you only have a few seonds to do so!.)

Regards Wolfman

Thanks! If I select th screensaver option to require a password, the screensaver works properly. I was thinking of installing xscreensaver plus extras because of the beautiful screensaver modules included.

I have Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 on separate partitions. I still have issues warming up to Ubuntu 12.04. Zorin makes sense to me because I know where all the necessary and frequently used settings are located plus I can use the panels to temporarily pin items to which I love.

Hi,

you should see Windows 7 bootloader in the list, if you don't; fully boot your PC and in a terminal:

sudo update-grub

which should refresh Grub for you!!.

Regards Wolfman

swarfendor437 wrote:Hi there. What I find strange Wolfman is the fact that rmcellig has other OS's on there and not any options in the menu to do a recovery. For example on this machine on sda1 I have Win 7 and Zorin OS and on sdb1 I have ComiceOS4. As Comice OS4 was the last install I did, having backed up my UE 2.9, I have Comice OS4, Comice OS4 recovery, memory Test, Win 7 Bootloader then 4 different kernel headers for ZorinOS - each with a recovery option!

Hi Swarf,

we will first have to wait and see if he still has problems on that front, he didn't mention the GRUB problem in his last post!!.

Regards Wolfman

I seem to be ok now as long as I invoke the password option the screensaver works fine. As far as GRUB is concerned, I still don't see a recovery option. Maybe I can post the contents of the menu.lst file if that helps?

rmcellig wrote:I seem to be ok now as long as I invoke the password option the screensaver works fine. As far as GRUB is concerned, I still don't see a recovery option. Maybe I can post the contents of the menu.lst file if that helps?

can you boot into Windows okay????. I ask because you said you don't have a recovery menu which should be present!.

Regards Wolfman

Yes. Booting into Windows works fine.

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 to a separate partition and I think that my GRUB menu looks fine now. I will restart my computer to confirm. Will post back with an update.

Hi,

is it possible you didn't install GRUB to the MBR but selected another spot on your hard drive??, if you did, this would be the cause of your problem!!.

Always install GRUB to the MBR unless you are an advanced user!. (This is my opinion and may not be shared by other Linux users!)

Regards Wolfman

I used the grub4dos app on puppy Linux to install the grub menu. I like using this because the font is large so that I can actually read the grub menu. Maybe I should look at alternate ways of installing/ upgrading grub ?

Hi,

firstly, I don't recommend using 3rd party software that is more or less not specific for Ubuntu based systems as Zorin is based on Ubuntu!!.

Secondly; go here and follow the instructions (Create a CD and use it to repair the boot manager and install to MBR!.):

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1895

Regards Wolfman

That is great advice!! Thanks so much. I will make the boot repair CD, boot into it and repair GRUB.