xscreensaver & xscreensaver-command -lock should work or is not running xscreensaver after the fisrt step?
ps aux |grep xscreensaver don't use root!!! On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:57 AM, reg exes <rege...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I'm not using KDE... I'm using Enlightenment as my window manager. > Doesn't seem to matter anway. I cannot get xscreensaver to do what it > should? > > If I run xscreensaver manually and then try lock the screen, I always get > > host1:myuser:~> xscreensaver-command -lock > xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 > > I thought I would try adding it to the xinitrc... maybe it has to be > started then. > > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/xscreensaver -display :0.0 & > > I tried this in my user's .xinitrc and as root. Didn't help either > way, same problem. > Ok.. then I tried adding it to the gdm.conf file... my system is using gdm... > > I added this line... > [xdmcp] > BackgroundProgram=xscreensaver -display :0.0 -no-splash > > Didn't help.. I still get the same error. > > I don't understand what I'm doing wrong? > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Whit Hansell <skippe...@comcast.net> wrote: >> If your running KDE, go the K(Start button, lower left of screen and at >> the bottom along with "switch user" and "log out", you will find "lock >> session". >> >> reg exes wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I upgraded my system from Etch to Lenny a looong time ago... just >>> noticed something odd. >>> >>> When trying to lock my screen with xscreensaver, it dies... >>> >>> host1:myuser:~> xscreensaver-command -lock >>> xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 >>> >>> I've searched for solutions and can't seem to find anything which helps.. >>> >>> I found this on the Debian Bugs List... >>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508991 >>> >>> But I'm using the version from stable... >>> >>> host1:myuser:~> aptitude show xscreensaver >>> Package: xscreensaver >>> State: installed >>> Automatically installed: no >>> Version: 5.05-3+lenny1 >>> >>> Anyone have an idea? >>> >>> Thanks >>> regexes >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=xwqvqdqjuecbizb+u_s91ffg=udtmouap5...@mail.gmail.com > > -- Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. Carl Sagan (Contact) Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds-and fanatics. It is, for scientific folk, an unattainable ideal. Cassius J. Keyser Jaime Ochoa Malagón Arquitecto de Soluciones Cel: +52 (55) 1021 0774 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktik4kd24hsq3gfrsd=xhvab_kpx0qmnqqbs9_...@mail.gmail.com