Hallo, * Jamie Zawinski [Mon, Jan 11 2021, 01:13:10PM]: > > 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.
I think they are both originating from xscreensaver.service ExecStart's command line. > > 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. That also matches the command in the service file, including the ownership of the process. Best regards, Eduard.
