getting xscreensaver to run.
George Hartzell
I rebuilt my desktop machine over the holidays (Mac Pro, running
RELENG_8 with MBR based ZFS mirrored drives, etc...) using the current
version of ports.
I chose to install xscreensaver instead of the gnome screen saver
(which is how I usually do things), but I can't seem to get it to
start. This is how I used to run and I don't know what I've done
differently.
I launch gnome using startx, with an .xinitrc that exec's
gnome-session.
If I go to System->Preferences->Screensaver it warns me that the
screensaver isn't running and gives me the chance to start it. If I
start it then it works as expected. But after logging out and then
restarting an gnome session I find that it is again not running.
I've tried starting it via the Preferences route, then running
gnome-save-session --gui
but it still doesn't get started when I create a session.
If I capture the output from startx I find some messages from
xscreensaver about
initial effective uid/gid was root/hartzell (0/1001)
running as hartzell/hartzell (1001/1001)
Can't open display: :0.0
initial effective uid/gid was root/hartzell (0/1001)
running as hartzell/hartzell (1001/1001)
This is probably because you're logging in as root. You
shouldn't log in as root: you should log in as a normal user,
and then `su' as needed. If you insist on logging in as root, you
will have to turn off X's security features before xscreensaver will
work.
Please read the manual and FAQ for more information:
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man.html
I'm running as myself, but /usr/local/bin/Xorg is setuid and owned by
root.
What's the correct way to get xscreensaver to run automagically under
gnome?
Thanks,
g.
Joe Marcus Clarke
I'm not sure if this option is still valid. You might try simply adding
xscreensaver to the list of Startup Programs in the Startup Applications
capplet.
Joe
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George Hartzell
> On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 15:31 -0800, George Hartzell wrote:
> > I rebuilt my desktop machine over the holidays (Mac Pro, running
> > RELENG_8 with MBR based ZFS mirrored drives, etc...) using the current
> > version of ports.
> >
> > I chose to install xscreensaver instead of the gnome screen saver
> > (which is how I usually do things), but I can't seem to get it to
> > start. This is how I used to run and I don't know what I've done
> > differently.
> >
> >
> > What's the correct way to get xscreensaver to run automagically under
> > gnome?
>
> I'm not sure if this option is still valid. You might try simply adding
> xscreensaver to the list of Startup Programs in the Startup Applications
> capplet.
>
> Joe
Adding it to the startup programs seems to work fine.
I started doing this back in the day because I couldn't get the gnome
screen saver to put my monitor to sleep. Does that work correctly
these days?
Thanks for the help,
g.
Joe Marcus Clarke
> currently uses DPMS which _should_ work. However, I haven't yet seen it
> work. Someone else may be able to give some more insight.
Actually, I was going through the g-p-m code, and I think things are
broken given that gnome-screensaver and g-p-m are out of sync. This
should get fixed in GNOME 2.30 now that we have DeviceKit-power, and can
then update g-p-m.
Joe
Joe Marcus Clarke
Gnome-screensaver uses g-p-m to put the display to sleep. This
currently uses DPMS which _should_ work. However, I haven't yet seen it
work. Someone else may be able to give some more insight.
Joe
Jerry
Joe Marcus Clarke <mar...@marcuscom.com> articulated:
> Actually, I was going through the g-p-m code, and I think things are
> broken given that gnome-screensaver and g-p-m are out of sync. This
> should get fixed in GNOME 2.30 now that we have DeviceKit-power, and
> can then update g-p-m.
man xscreensaver:
CONFIGURATION
The easiest way to configure xscreensaver is to simply run the xscreen-
saver-demo(1) program, and change the settings through the GUI. The
rest of this manual page describes lower level ways of changing set-
tings.
I'll repeat that because it's important:
The easy way to configure xscreensaver is to run the xscreensaver-
demo(1) program. You shouldn't need to know any of the stuff
described in this manual unless you are trying to do something
tricky, like customize xscreensaver for site-wide use or something.
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Joe Marcus Clarke
I have confirmed that this is working in GNOME 2.29.
Joe
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