Flashing on Monitor Sleep

sccannon · 10-22-2008, 06:56 AM

Hey Jim, this might just be a problem with my system, but I thought I might bring it up. I have my computer set to run the aquarium 10 minutes after no activity and turn the monitor of after 20 minutes of no activity. My computer has dual 24" monitors. sometimes I will come back to my computer to find the aquarium flashing really fast only on one monitor (on the other there is no picture)but during the flashes I can see the fish and bubbles moving so the screensaver is not freezing up. Most of the time this happens overnight. My video adapter is Intel Q35 Express Chipset Family. I can press spacebar and the aquarium menu will come up on the other screen but it will be flashing also. If i exit the aquarium the desktop comes back up normal. Like I said this might be a problem with my set up but I figured I would post it. Thanks!!

feldon34 · 10-22-2008, 09:15 AM

sccannon,

I split the bug you reported off as a separate thread here:
https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...ead.php?t=4525

Jim Sachs · 10-22-2008, 09:29 AM

Well, that's an interesting point. I'm not sure that the Aquarium would know what to do if it's running on dual screens and one monitor goes to sleep.

sccannon · 10-22-2008, 09:32 AM

They are both set to sleep after the 20 minutes.

rctneil · 10-22-2008, 01:04 PM

I ahve mine set up same, screensaver after ten and sleep after 20 but the monitors go to sleep and the screensaver continues to run underneath the sleeping screen so when i move the mouse the screensaver continues and all is good!

10-22-2008, 06:56 AM	#1
sccannon Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: GA Posts: 11	Flashing on Monitor Sleep Hey Jim, this might just be a problem with my system, but I thought I might bring it up. I have my computer set to run the aquarium 10 minutes after no activity and turn the monitor of after 20 minutes of no activity. My computer has dual 24" monitors. sometimes I will come back to my computer to find the aquarium flashing really fast only on one monitor (on the other there is no picture)but during the flashes I can see the fish and bubbles moving so the screensaver is not freezing up. Most of the time this happens overnight. My video adapter is Intel Q35 Express Chipset Family. I can press spacebar and the aquarium menu will come up on the other screen but it will be flashing also. If i exit the aquarium the desktop comes back up normal. Like I said this might be a problem with my set up but I figured I would post it. Thanks!!

10-22-2008, 09:15 AM	#2
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	sccannon, I split the bug you reported off as a separate thread here: https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...ead.php?t=4525 "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

10-22-2008, 09:29 AM	#3
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,771	Well, that's an interesting point. I'm not sure that the Aquarium would know what to do if it's running on dual screens and one monitor goes to sleep. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

10-22-2008, 09:32 AM	#4
sccannon Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: GA Posts: 11	They are both set to sleep after the 20 minutes.

10-22-2008, 01:04 PM	#5
rctneil Registered Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 239	I ahve mine set up same, screensaver after ten and sleep after 20 but the monitors go to sleep and the screensaver continues to run underneath the sleeping screen so when i move the mouse the screensaver continues and all is good!