> my .icewm/startup file at the moment contains: > > xscreensaver -nosplash -log wtf-xscreensaver.txt & > > When icewm starts, I see the splash screen for a brief moment (not joking, > looks -nosplash has no effect there), but it does not happen every time.
This kinda sounds like *something else* is launching xscreensaver at the same time, and whatever that is is doing it without -nosplash. The two of them racing would explain the "already running" error. > Or, if run ps quick enough before it's killed, I see: > > user 3904 0.0 0.0 5712 1128 ? SN 21:13 0:00 > xscreensaver-systemd -verbose > lightdm 11997 0.1 0.0 18948 5952 ? Ss 21:55 0:00 > xscreensaver > lightdm 12068 0.0 0.0 5712 1128 ? SN 21:55 0:00 > xscreensaver-systemd > user 12416 0.0 0.0 3748 664 pts/0 S+ 21:56 0:00 grep saver Note that pid 11997 does not have -nosplash on its command line. -- Jamie Zawinski https://www.jwz.org/ https://www.dnalounge.com/
