Frozen screen saver

My screensaver is set for 3 minutes
My display sleep is set for 5 minutes
After two hours I come back to the computer and try to wake up the display. It is around 10:30 and all I can get on the screen is the screensaver clock showing 8:52 The display is no longer asleep, but the screen saver is frozen.
What can be done short of cycling power? This is not a good option since files may get corrupter.
I did cycle power and things look normal again, but I am afraid this may repeat again. It has already happened twice in the last three days.
Here is what the system log files say:
Jan 2 20:52:27 Porro ScreenSaverEngine[21991]: CGSResolveShmemReference : reference offset (33712) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x8ada
Jan 2 20:52:27 Porro ScreenSaverEngine[21991]: Error (1000) creating CGSWindow
Jan 2 20:52:27 Porro ScreenSaverEngine[21991]: * -[NSLock lock]: deadlock (<NSLock: 0x199060> '(null)')
Jan 2 20:52:27 Porro ScreenSaverEngine[21991]: * Break on _NSLockError() to debug.
Jan 2 20:52:27 Porro [0x0-0x136c36b].com.apple.ScreenSaver.Engine[21991]: Fri Jan 2 20:52:27 Porro.local ScreenSaverEngine[21991] <Warning>: CGSResolveShmemReference : reference offset (33712) exceeds bounds (32768) on shmem obj 0x8ada

I had a similar problem with my screensaver, and ended up telling it to always use a very simple picture folder and only display on one monitor. Before I had it randomly select from about a dozen different screensavers and display on both monitors. Since making the change I haven't had a problem. I never figured out what was going wrong, and neither has anyone else that I have seen. Personally, I suspect a problem with older QuartzComposer savers and some recent updates from Apple, but don't know which update would be the cause (I ran a batch of them at the same time). Unlike you, I did not find anything in my log files indicating a problem with anything. The computer simply froze when it attempted to exit the screensaver, either by manual intervention (moving the mouse) or to go from the saver to screen sleep. If you have one particular saver you've been using, try changing it to something else and see if you still have a problem.
Francine
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I knew it, never upgrade xorg/graphic drivers when using ATI cards, just bless your god when it works and never touch it again. But I got tempted and I did a full system upgrade, and now... my xorg is broken.
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Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log
X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux fatale 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 8 22:01:01 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 05 December 2008 09:10:55PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Dec 13 03:36:24 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Xorg Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "ScreenSamsung" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "PS/2 Mouse"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "true"
(**) Option "AIGLX" "false"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(**) Xinerama: enabled
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic").
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) Including the default font path /usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,
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/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
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/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
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(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is disabled
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling PS/2 Mouse
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
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(II) Loader magic: 0x81d5900
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 4.1
X.Org XInput driver : 2.1
X.Org Server Extension : 1.1
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7
(--) PCI:*(0@1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc RV570 [Radeon X1950 Pro] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/0, 0xf5000000/0, I/O @ 0x00008000/0, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(--) PCI: (0@1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc RV570 [Radeon X1950 Pro] (secondary) rev 0, Mem @ 0xf5010000/0
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
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(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
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ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
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ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(--) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module type1
(II) UnloadModule: "type1"
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
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(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.6
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module record
(II) UnloadModule: "record"
(EE) Failed to load module "record" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.56.4
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.56.4
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.561
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Dec 1 2008 14:55:43
(WW) This ATI Proprietary Linux Driver does not guarantee support of video driver ABI higher than 2.0
(WW) Video driver ABI version of the X server is 4.1
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x7280) found
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[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x9377518
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[5] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[6] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
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(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0
(**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
(==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(**) fglrx(0): Option "dri" "true"
(**) fglrx(0): Option "KernelModuleParm" "agplock=0"
(**) fglrx(0): Option "RingSize" "8"
(**) fglrx(0): Option "EnableDepthMoves" "yes"
(**) fglrx(0): Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
(**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true"
(II) fglrx(0): Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
(II) fglrx(0): 10BitPixelFormat disabled by default
(==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
(II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for I is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for II is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfglrxdrm.so
(II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.56.4
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "Radeon X1950 Series" (Chipset = 0x7280)
(--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1462, PciSubDevice = 0x0762)
(--) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original ATI
(--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xe0000000
(--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xf5000000
(--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x00008000
(==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
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(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
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(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
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(II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 1:0.0.
(II) fglrx(0): [FB] MC range(MCFBBase = 0xc0000000, MCFBSize = 0x10000000)
(--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR3
(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
(WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) fglrx(0): ***Display: ConnectedDisplayTypes=0x00000090, disabled=0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): Connected Display1: CRT on secondary DAC [crt2]
(II) fglrx(0): Display1 EDID data ---------------------------
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: NUL Model: 1 Serial#: 1
(II) fglrx(0): Year: 2001 Week: 1
(II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) fglrx(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) fglrx(0): Sync: Separate
(II) fglrx(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 31 vert.: 23
(II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 1.00
(II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend; RGB/Color Display
(II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.597 redY: 0.343 greenX: 0.316 greenY: 0.566
(II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.153 blueY: 0.131 whiteX: 0.310 whiteY: 0.328
(II) fglrx(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) fglrx(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) fglrx(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) fglrx(0): clock: 65.0 MHz Image Size: 304 x 228 mm
(II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1048 h_sync_end 1184 h_blank_end 1184 h_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 771 v_sync_end 777 v_blanking: 806 v_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0):
(II) fglrx(0):
(II) fglrx(0): Monitor name:
(II) fglrx(0): EDID (in hex):
(II) fglrx(0): 00ffffffffffff003aac010001000000
(II) fglrx(0): 010b0103081f1700caf0649857519127
(II) fglrx(0): 214f54afce0001010101010101010101
(II) fglrx(0): 010101010101641900a0400026301888
(II) fglrx(0): 360030e410000018000000fe000a2020
(II) fglrx(0): 20202020202020202020000000fe000a
(II) fglrx(0): 202020202020202020202020000000fc
(II) fglrx(0): 000a202020202020202020202020000e
(II) fglrx(0): End of Display1 EDID data --------------------
(II) fglrx(0): Connected Display2: DFP on secondary TMDS [tmds2i]
(II) fglrx(0): Display2 EDID data ---------------------------
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: SAM Model: 1e5 Serial#: 1212821817
(II) fglrx(0): Year: 2006 Week: 7
(II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) fglrx(0): Digital Display Input
(II) fglrx(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 38 vert.: 30
(II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.20
(II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: Off
(II) fglrx(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
(II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.329 greenX: 0.300 greenY: 0.600
(II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.150 blueY: 0.060 whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
(II) fglrx(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) fglrx(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@67Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 832x624@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1152x870@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) fglrx(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) fglrx(0): #0: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) fglrx(0): #1: hsize: 1280 vsize 960 refresh: 60 vid: 16513
(II) fglrx(0): #2: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337
(II) fglrx(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) fglrx(0): clock: 108.0 MHz Image Size: 376 x 301 mm
(II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1328 h_sync_end 1440 h_blank_end 1688 h_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0): v_active: 1024 v_sync: 1025 v_sync_end 1028 v_blanking: 1066 v_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0): Ranges: V min: 56 V max: 76 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 81 kHz, PixClock max 140 MHz
(II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: SyncMaster
(II) fglrx(0): Serial No: HMEL205539
(II) fglrx(0): EDID (in hex):
(II) fglrx(0): 00ffffffffffff004c2de50139314a48
(II) fglrx(0): 0710010380261e782ade95a3544c9926
(II) fglrx(0): 0f5054bfef8081808140714f01010101
(II) fglrx(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070
(II) fglrx(0): 1300782d1100001e000000fd00384c1e
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(II) fglrx(0): 796e634d61737465720a2020000000ff
(II) fglrx(0): 00484d454c3230353533390a20200056
(II) fglrx(0): End of Display2 EDID data --------------------
(WW) fglrx(0): More than one displays are connected,so clone mode is enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Primary Controller - DFP on secondary TMDS
(II) fglrx(0): Secondary Controller - CRT on secondary DAC
(II) fglrx(0): Internal Desktop Setting: 0x00000008
(II) fglrx(0): POWERplay version 3. 1 power state available:
(II) fglrx(0): 1. 574/682MHz @ 0Hz [enable load balancing]
(==) fglrx(0): QBS disabled
(==) fglrx(0): FAST_SWAP disabled
(==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled
(==) fglrx(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
(==) fglrx(0): TMDS coherent mode is enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Total of 24 modes found for primary display.
(--) fglrx(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 0)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1280x1024_mine": 135.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 80.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024_mine"x75.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024_mine": 109.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 63.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024_mine"x60.0 109.62 1280 1336 1472 1720 1024 1024 1026 1062 +vsync (63.7 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1280x1024": 135.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 80.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x75.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1280x1024": 109.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 63.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 109.62 1280 1336 1472 1720 1024 1024 1026 1062 +vsync (63.7 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x960": 108.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 (60.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x768": 79.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 47.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x768"x60.0 79.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 768 771 778 798 +hsync (47.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x720": 74.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 44.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 +hsync (44.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x720": 60.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 37.0 kHz, 50.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x50.0 60.46 1280 1328 1456 1632 720 721 724 741 +hsync (37.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 81.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 53.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x60.0 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync (53.7 kHz)
[.. Millions of ModeLine's..]
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(==) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libxaa.so
(II) Module xaa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(**) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfglrxdrm.so
(==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): cpuFlags: 0x8000001d
(==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
(**) fglrx(0): Ring buffer size: 8 MB
(**) fglrx(0): KernelModuleParm: "agplock=0"
(II) fglrx(0): [pcie] 262144 kB allocated
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM buffer queue setup: nbufs = 100 bufsize = 65536
(==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
(==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
(II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled
(II) fglrx(0): AC Adapter is used
(II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 16.
(II) fglrx(0): Exposed events to the /proc interface
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprU)
[5] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprU)
[6] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprU)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[9] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
[10] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 1.4.x.y with x.y >= 99.906
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.4.3.0
(II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit for fglrx driver
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 13, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 13, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 13, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 13
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x4d000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x4d000 to 0xb7af0000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x4e000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.56.4
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Dec 1 2008
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.27-ARCH
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x0004f000
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
(II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x01004000
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1280,3280)
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1280,1024) (front color buffer - assumption)
(II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1280 x 2256
(==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled
(II) Loading extension FGLRXEXTENSION
(II) Loading extension ATITVOUT
(**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled
(**) fglrx(0): Textured Video is enabled.
(II) LoadModule: "glesx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//glesx.so
(II) Module glesx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension GLESX
(II) fglrx(0): GLESX enableFlags = 80
(II) fglrx(0): GLESX is enabled
(**) fglrx(0): Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
(II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
Solid Lines
Dashed Lines
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
32 128x128 slots
14 256x256 slots
5 512x512 slots
(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(II) LoadModule: "amdxmm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//amdxmm.so
(II) Module amdxmm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "AccelMethod" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "AccelDFS" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "GARTSize" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "BufferSize" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "ColorTiling" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "RenderAccel" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "SubPixelOrder" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "DynamicClocks" is not used
(WW) fglrx(0): Option "PCI:1:0:0" is not used
(II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
(==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled
(==) fglrx(0): Using hardware cursor
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 14, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 14, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 14
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x24
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x25
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x26
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x27
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x28
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x29
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x30
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x31
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x32
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x33
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x34
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x35
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x36
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x37
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x38
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x39
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x3f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x40
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x41
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x42
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x43
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x44
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x45
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x46
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x47
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x48
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x49
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x50
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x51
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x52
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x53
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x54
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x55
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x56
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x57
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x58
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x59
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x5f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x60
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x61
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x62
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x63
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x64
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x65
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x66
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x67
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x68
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x69
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x6a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x6b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x6c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x6d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x6e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x6f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x70
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x71
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x72
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
(II) fglrx(0): Shutdown CMMQS
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x4d000 at 0xb7af0000
Thanks :)
edit: weird thing (or not) but DPMS (or whatever it is, the thing that turns off my monitor after some time) seems to work, altough moving the mouse or pressing the keyboard doesn't wake up the screen. Has this something to do with my mouse and keyboard not being recognized by xorg ?
edit2: omg yes it is ! I added:
urxvtc -e 'screen'
so when I startx an un-window-managered fullscreen terminal launches with a screen session, and if I ssh on it I can type in this terminal from another computer, and the screen actually displays what I'm typing, so that's definitely an input problem !
Final Edit: Well all solved, concerning the "frozen" stuff, it was just that my keyboard and mouse weren't detected because of the new hotpulg thingy (check http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … otplugging for more info, or just add 'hal' to your rc.conf), then restored my original xorg.conf, rebooted and it all went back to normal (: ). Hope this helps.
Last edited by arsenist (2008-12-13 03:28:42)

Has this something to do with my mouse and keyboard not being recognized by xorg
Hmm, I wonder what it would reveal if someone read the news? http://www.archlinux.org/news/424/
Even your Xorg.0.log is telling you the problem.
(WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled.
(WW) Disabling Keyboard0
(WW) Disabling PS/2 Mouse
Last edited by jacko (2008-12-13 03:28:40)

Freezing, screen saver or what?

Thanks in advance for your help.
My computer is constantly freezing (Finder). I think it is the screen saver or the putting to sleep function, because it always happens when the computer is on and I am not working on it.
What would happen is that the mouse would not respond at all and I have no choice but to click the power button. Then the computer gives the options of shutting down or restarting, but again, since the mouse doesn't respond, I have no option but to continue the power off operation.
If I connect an USB mouse, then the mouse responds, but not the keyboard. Thus, cannot logout but to force a power off.
I have used Disc Utilities, Disk warrior and Techtool to repair permissions and rebuild with no sucess.
Don't know what to do.
Thanks!

Thanks.
free space: I have 143GB available on HD (42Gb used) and 2Gb RAM. Don't think this is the problem, do you? could use the techtool tool for freeing memory...
permissions, directory: I have repaired directory with latest techtool pro, and latest disk warrior. I have also repaired permissions with disc utility at least twice and maybe with disk warrior, not sure
Power PC applications: not sure what is a power pc application, but here are the applications. Please advice. I have:
Address Book 4.1
Adobe Photoshop 7
Adobe Reader 8
AppleScript 1.1
Automator 2.0.4
Calculator 4.2
Chess 2.4.1
Dashboard 1.1
Dictionary 2.0.3
DVD Player 5.0.3
Exposé 1.0
Flip4Mac (WMV player) 2.2.1.11
Font Book 2.1
Front Row 1.0
GarageBand 4.1.2
iCal 3.0.7
iChat 4.0.8
iDVD 7.0.4
Image Capture 4.0
iMovie 7.1.4
iPhoto 7.1.5
iSync 3.0.2
iTunes 9.0.2
iWeb 2.0.4
Keynote 4.0.4
Numbers 1.0.3
Pages 3.0.3
LimeWire 4.16.7
Mail 3.6
Microsoft Office 2008 (latest update)
Parallels
Photo Booth 2.0.3
Preview 4.1
QuickTime Player 7.6.4
RealPlayer 10.1.0
Safari 4.0.4
Skype 2.8.0.722
Spaces 1.0
Stickies 6.0
StuffIt drop stuff 13.0.3
Stuffit expander 13.0.3
System Preferences
TextEdit
Time Machine
disk warrior 4.2 (on utilities)
Utilities
Initially, I thought that this was a Mail problem and in fact posted a post there at some point. Did some work with preferences, etc that did not resolve the issue either. However, from the time the problem started to now, the frequency of the problem has diminished. The most common applications opened (althought I can't pinpoint...) are Mail, Safari, iPhoto, system preferences, itunes, word, keynote, ical and address book. The rest are just barely used. Mail, ical and safari are by far the most commonly used.
Ah!, the microsoft office application was installed not long ago and I did have few problems with it in terms of crashing (the application). It was a vocabulary issue that I resolved. But, the application was installed around the time this started. However, the application is not commonly used and I know by fact my computer has frozen many tiems without word being opened.
Thanks again

Retina Macbook Pro doesn't wake up from screen saver

Hi There -
I've been having some issues with my computer coming back to life after the screen saver has been initiated. Once it freezes, it's frozen for good and requires a restart. This has been happening relatively frequently and I'm assuming it's got something to do with the new hardware, specifically the retina display itself?
Anyway, I'd roll the dice and upgrade to Mountain Lion, but I've got some programs that have not been tested in that environment and I'd rather stick with Lion for the time being.
Has anyone else had this issue?

I am also having the same issue. There's another thread here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19004375#19004375
Mine is frozen when I come back to my machine and wake it up... the lock screen appears but it's frozen - usually I can move the mouse around and either see the arrow or spinning beach ball. Sometimes I notice the time is frozen from several mintures prior from when I left the machine ... I have turned of the lock on screensaver option for now to see if that will keep it from freezing.

MBPro won't wake up from screen saver?

Ok so here is the deal, on my mbPro mid 2010 laptop, I came back from lunch and the screen saver is working as per normal, but when I hit the space bar or move the mouse the is no response, however if I move the curser to the lower left hand corner which, for me is a hot corner set to activate mission control - then MC works. So then I click on one of my miniature windows thinking that it should then bring that window to full screen without the screen saver. This doesn't produce the expected result either, instead mission control animates itself back to a full screen, except the sreen saver is still active.
Its an endless loop - any ideas would be very helpful - Thanks in advance

I am also having the same issue. There's another thread here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/19004375#19004375
Mine is frozen when I come back to my machine and wake it up... the lock screen appears but it's frozen - usually I can move the mouse around and either see the arrow or spinning beach ball. Sometimes I notice the time is frozen from several mintures prior from when I left the machine ... I have turned of the lock on screensaver option for now to see if that will keep it from freezing.

Aperture No Longer Working With Screen Saver?

For years I've been using my Aperture library (specifically, the "Flagged Photos") with the Screen Saver in OS X. Since I upgraded to Lion last night, I have discovered that my Aperture library no longer shows up as an option in Screen Saver -- only iPhoto does.
As I am remiss to ditch years of work and return to iPhoto -- I was hoping someone might have discovered a solution for this problem (perhaps something to do with the iLife browser in Lion?).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kluv32 wrote:
Then, I checked the new sharing preferences and closed out Aperture. I opened up the System Preferences for Screen Saver, and after waiting about 1-2 minutes, Aperture popped up in there as an option.
Can you please explain what you mean about "checked the new sharing preferences?" I see no way of setting any "sharing" preferences in Preferences or anywhere else in Aperture. Do you mean you just looked at the sharing preferences?
Since I've upgraded to the latest version, when I go to the System Preferences, Aperture is very slow in showing up on the ScreenSaver settings under System Preferences and the virtual Library folders no longer show up (they show up under the Desktop window though). However, after closing Aperture, the screensaver would display "looking for pictures" and would not display the photos.
The latest upgrade definitely broke something, although it greatly improved Aperture's response time, as it was getting pretty sluggish before the upgrade.

Screen saver overrides iTunes cover flow in Lion

On my new iMac (OSX 10.7.1, iTunes 10.4.1), when in full screen cover flow mode, the screen saver overrides this, which is annoying as I like to leave it playing with the artwork displayed. This did not happen on my old (Leopard) Mac. I can't find any preference setting that seems to fix this. I dont really want to turn off the screen saver - I didn't have to before, why now?

Have you tried creating a hot corner (System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Screen Saver - Hot Corners) to disable the screen saver by parking mouse pointer in the "hot corner."
I'm assuming Lion still has this function.

Screen saver from folder?

In OS 10.8.5 is it possible to have the screen saver show pictures from a folder on the desktop?
I can't see that option.
You can do this with the desktop picture but thats not what I want.

When I go to the Screensaver tab in the "Desktop & Screensaver" pane of System Preferences, I can select a theme, i.e. Classic, and then in the right half of the window, there's a drop-down menu for "source."
Click "Choose Folder" and then select the folder you want.

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I have 5 apple tvs and when the screen saver comes on after a minute or 2 an annoying prompt comes up covering part of the pictures on the screen saver prompting me on the use of airplay. I want it "THE PROMPT" to go away and not come back any other day! I own apple2s and apple3s This interfers with the pictures on the screen saver

Thank you so much for posting this question! That thing has been driving me nuts for months!
Problem resolved!

How do I type my own screen saver?

Seems to me there used to be a way to just type in a phrase in screen saver settings and have it bounce around the screen as a screen saver. Is there still a way to do this? Or does it require a third party app.?
Thank you

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I am trying to do a little experiment with fonts. I downloaded a font that was not previously installed on my computer, and am trying to make a "Hello, World!" screen saver with that font(which I installed).
The problem is that I can not even use that font. When I attempt to make a "Hello, World!" screen saver with that font, it uses the default font. Here's the code:
#import "saverView.h"
@implementation saverView
- (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frame isPreview:(BOOL)isPreview
self = [super initWithFrame:frame isPreview:isPreview];
if (self) {
[self setAnimationTimeInterval:1/30.0];
//either my mistake is here:
hylianFont = [NSFont fontWithName:@"Ancient Hylian - English" size:20];
attrs = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:2];
//NSForegroundColorAttributeName -- [Color green]
[attrs setValue:[NSColor greenColor] forKey: NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
// or it is here:
[attrs setValue:hylianFont forKey: NSFontAttributeName];
displayer = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:@"Hello, World!" attributes:attrs];
return self;
//... more stuff I do not use...
//simply draws "Hello, World!" in green at the top right of the screen.
//meant to draw it in the different font, but draws it in the standard font.
- (void)animateOneFrame
[displayer drawInRect:[self bounds]];
return;
@end
Where did I mistype?

I think I solved the problem. I just put the font and the screen saver in a pkg file, and make the pkg file install the font. Or I guess I could keep the font in my screen saver and test it that way. Either way, I found the answer.

Having a problem with ilife 08 and leopard screen saver

Hi,
Not sure if this is an osx leopard issue or a ilife 08 issue but before I did the upgrade I was able to use my entire iphoto library as random photos in the screensaver. Not it only let's me choose specific events or last import. it does not let me select the entire iphoto library?
Any ideas on this?

In System Preferences/Screen Saver, you need to go down the list past all the Events and you will see a listing titled "Photos" just above the item titled "Last 12 Months". Select it and you will see the entire iPhoto Library there.
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Message was edited by: Anastassios T

IMac to Apple TV 2nd gen music distortion with screen saver on.

I have an ATV2, mid 2010 iMac dual core i3, Airport Extreme 3rd generation router.
After Wednesday's update to Apple TV to implement the new user interface, I get distorted playback when initiating music playback from iTunes on the iMac as soon as the screen saver starts. It sounds like the old vinyl records when the needle skips. It isn't, oddly enough, timed with the screen changes. It occurs at ever increasing frequency, from 24 to 19 to 16 seconds.
If however, you access the iMac through the Apple TV interface, the screen saver start up does not create any interference. It doesn't matter whether the music is started using the Apple remote control or the iPhone 4S interface. Both work fine.
So it's a one way situation. When you start playing music from iTunes on the iMac, interference and distortion start with the screen saver, but if you start playing music from the Apple TV, there is no distortion or interference from the screen saver.
Any one else have this problem and a solution?

Based on an Apple Care suggestion, the solution to this problem is to reset the Apple TV completely. This is under Settings- General- Reset-Restore.
Restore will erase previous versions of the Apple TV software and will download and install a current clean version. You do have to re-enter all your configuration settings, such as wireless network password and your iTunes Account.
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