Jerry Wright
2 discussion posts
I just downloaded and installed 4.0 pro, and my screensaver isn't working on multiple monitors anymore.
I am runnings Windows XP on a x86 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2009 Mhz processor with two NVIDIA cards (GeForce 210 and GeForce 6200) and four monitors
On the little preview screens on the settings panel, it shows the screensaver active on all four monitors, but in operation, the screensaver only works on one video card at a time. I can't get it to operate on both.
it worked fine before I installed 4.0 (I was running 3.1.4 prior to this)
I'm rolling back to the previous version until this is fixed at your end.
Thanks.
Jerry Wright
2 discussion posts
Just to head off any questions about "did you set this or that correctly", I'm reporting that the rollback fixed my problem. Running 3.1.4, my screensavers are working properly on all monitors now.
Norman Snook
7 discussion posts
I've attached the trouble shooting information from 4.0.
Also, I've tried using the "Google Photos Screensaver", which is the one I was using before I had my dual monitor set up, and that one does not work either. It also didn't work in the previous version of Display Fusion.
• Attachment [protected]: Display Fusion Troubleshooting.txt [34,249 bytes]
Thanks Norman! We've gotten that issue sorted out, and the fix will be included in 4.0.1 Beta 1.
@Jerry: This fix should hopefully fix up the issue with your screen saver as well.
I'll post an update here as soon as the beta is available.
Thanks!
Norman Snook
7 discussion posts
Sounds good. By the way, the screen saver's working fine for me in 3.4.1. Thanks your help and the information.
Norman Snook
7 discussion posts
Photo Slideshow Screensaver is working great in the latest beta release. However, Google Photos Screensaver still just shows a black screen. It works in the small preview on the settings menu, but after the timeout, the screen just goes black.
Glad to hear Photo Slideshow Screensaver works. The Google Photos Screensaver doesn't seem to work for me at all though, even when just using the Windows Screen Saver settings, without DisplayFusion running.
Does it work for you when just using the Windows Screen Saver settings?
Norman Snook
7 discussion posts
I tried using the windows setting, disabling Display Fusion, and uninstalling Display Fusion and it still didn't work correctly. I did a little more research and found that for some reason the "Pan and Zoom" feature of the Google Photos Screensaver doesn't like multi-monitor setups. When I switch it to just "cross-fade" everything works great. However, I am unable to change the Google Photos Screensaver setting from within Display Fusion. I have to go through Window's settings to do that.
Norman Snook
7 discussion posts
I tried your setup and it didn't work. Also I'm still not able to access the Google Photos Screensaver settings from the screensaver tab in Display Fusion.
I've attached the troubleshooting to see if that can help. In the mean time, I'm going to try uninstalling and then re-installing Display Fusion.
• Attachment [protected]: DF Troubleshooting.txt [869,217 bytes]
When you reinstall DisplayFusion, could you install 4.0.1 Beta 3 (just released yesterday)?
Also, before enabling the spanning option on the Screen Saver tab, can you try setting the screen saver on monitor 2 to "No Screen Saver"? It shouldn't make a difference, but worth a try anyways. It definitely works for me by just having the Google Photos Screensaver set on monitor 1, with "Use Preview Mode" disabled, and then spanning enabled.
Thanks!
Norman Snook
7 discussion posts
I tried that and it still doesn't work right. I'll try sending an email to Google and see if they have an update for the screen saver to work with multiple monitors. Thanks for your help!