The problem with xscreensaver and my queries that weren't addressed

2023-04-03 Thread Susmita/Rajib
My illustrious Team-Leaders and Senior Members of Debian-User List, There is a limitation with the xscreensaver-properties.desktop program: there isn't any settings available for it to switch off the screen for time intervals below 1 minute, in n seconds if the input tools like keyboard, mou

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-20 Thread Celejar
; I saw this: > > > > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#no-blank > > > > I guess I have to figure out what application is sending these messages? > > Firefox? I do tend to keep a lot of tabs open. > > I recall seeing something several months ago about the Xfce po

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-18 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 2/17/23, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Celejar wrote: > >> The logs show regular deactivate events like the following every 20 >> seconds: >> >> ClientMessage DEACTIVATE: already inactive, resetting activity time >> >> I saw this: >> >> https://www.

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-17 Thread Mike Kupfer
Celejar wrote: > The logs show regular deactivate events like the following every 20 > seconds: > > ClientMessage DEACTIVATE: already inactive, resetting activity time > > I saw this: > > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#no-blank > > I guess I have to

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-17 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:28:23 -0800 Mike Kupfer wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > I'm running Debian Sid with XFCE. Xscreensaver used to work, but a > > number of months ago, it broke badly: it now fails to fails to activate > > via the "Preview" button or

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-13 Thread Mike Kupfer
Celejar wrote: > I'm running Debian Sid with XFCE. Xscreensaver used to work, but a > number of months ago, it broke badly: it now fails to fails to activate > via the "Preview" button or (more importantly) via the "Blank after" > setting. Thank you

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-13 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:12:19 -0500 Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Debian Sid with XFCE. Xscreensaver used to work, but a > number of months ago, it broke badly: it now fails to fails to activate > via the "Preview" button or (more importantly) via the &q

xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-13 Thread Celejar
Hi, I'm running Debian Sid with XFCE. Xscreensaver used to work, but a number of months ago, it broke badly: it now fails to fails to activate via the "Preview" button or (more importantly) via the "Blank after" setting. It does still work via direct activation via "

Re: xscreensaver problem

2022-12-25 Thread debian-user
> Try 'xscreensaver-demo &exit'. Err that runs xscreensaver-demo and then immediately exits from the terminal session that starts it. I'm not sure why you'd want to do that? > It will ask to restart a non running > xscreensaver service. No it won't! &g

Re: xscreensaver problem

2022-12-25 Thread operation . privacyenforcement
Try 'xscreensaver-demo &exit'. It will ask to restart a non running xscreensaver service. Try to purge xscreensaver packages and reinstall them again. 'sudo apt-get purge xscreensaver* ; sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-data-extra' On Thu, 22 Dec 202

Re: xscreensaver problem

2022-12-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
Pierre Frenkiel On Thu, 22 Dec 2022, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: I have now a big problem with xscreensaver. Up to yesterday, it worked perfectly, but I had to re-install Debian on my PC, and now if fails when I run "xscreensaver" I get:    xscreensaver-systemd: 13:59:54: user bus

xscreensaver problem

2022-12-22 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
I have now a big problem with xscreensaver. Up to yesterday, it worked perfectly, but I had to re-install Debian on my PC, and now if fails when I run "xscreensaver" I get:    xscreensaver-systemd: 13:59:54: user bus connection failed: No medium found If I run "xscreensav

xscreensaver problem

2022-12-22 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
I have now a big problem with xscreensaver. Up to yesterday, it worked perfectly, but I had to re-install Debian on my PC, and now if fails when I run "xscreensaver" I get:    xscreensaver-systemd: 13:59:54: user bus connection failed: No medium found If I run "xscreensav

xscreensaver problem

2022-12-22 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, I have now a big problem with xscreensaver. Up to yesterday, it worked perfectly, but I had to re-install Debian on my PC, and now if fails when I run "xscreensaver" I get: xscreensaver-systemd: 13:59:54: user bus connection failed: No medium found If I run "xscreensav

Re: Xfce4: screen visible upon resume before xscreensaver locks it

2022-02-23 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:50:54 +0900 John Crawley wrote: > On 22/02/2022 23:12, Celejar wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm running Xfce4 on a recent install of Sid. I have configured Xfce4 > > to "Lock screen before sleep" (in Session and Startup / Gener

Re: Xfce4: screen visible upon resume before xscreensaver locks it

2022-02-23 Thread Tim Woodall
On Wed, 23 Feb 2022, John Crawley wrote: On 23/02/2022 11:50, John Crawley wrote: On 22/02/2022 23:12, Celejar wrote: Hello, I'm running Xfce4 on a recent install of Sid. I have configured Xfce4 to "Lock screen before sleep" (in Session and Startup / General), but when I u

Re: Xfce4: screen visible upon resume before xscreensaver locks it

2022-02-22 Thread John Crawley
On 23/02/2022 11:50, John Crawley wrote: On 22/02/2022 23:12, Celejar wrote: Hello, I'm running Xfce4 on a recent install of Sid. I have configured Xfce4 to "Lock screen before sleep" (in Session and Startup / General), but when I use xscreensaver, when resuming from suspen

Re: Xfce4: screen visible upon resume before xscreensaver locks it

2022-02-22 Thread John Crawley
On 22/02/2022 23:12, Celejar wrote: Hello, I'm running Xfce4 on a recent install of Sid. I have configured Xfce4 to "Lock screen before sleep" (in Session and Startup / General), but when I use xscreensaver, when resuming from suspend the screen is often visible for a brie

Xfce4: screen visible upon resume before xscreensaver locks it

2022-02-22 Thread Celejar
Hello, I'm running Xfce4 on a recent install of Sid. I have configured Xfce4 to "Lock screen before sleep" (in Session and Startup / General), but when I use xscreensaver, when resuming from suspend the screen is often visible for a brief period before xscreensaver kicks in. I hav

Re: Regarding My Email to Mr. Tormod Volden, Could your xscreensaver package be improved by switching off the LED backlights with "xset dpms force off"?

2021-06-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 04:14:39PM +0530, Susmita/Rajib wrote: > Mr. Tormod Volden is the maintainer of xscreensaver package of Debian. > If multiple requests are sent to Mr. Volden, the same line to switch > off LED backlights of laptop, with "xset dpms force off", cou

Regarding My Email to Mr. Tormod Volden, Could your xscreensaver package be improved by switching off the LED backlights with "xset dpms force off"?

2021-06-27 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Mr. Tormod Volden is the maintainer of xscreensaver package of Debian. If multiple requests are sent to Mr. Volden, the same line to switch off LED backlights of laptop, with "xset dpms force off", could be implemented. Hope in the coming days, Mr. Volden would receive several mor

Re: xscreensaver does not lock

2020-03-30 Thread tomas
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 06:25:38PM +0100, Bhasker C V wrote: > Hi, I don't know about screensaver specifically, but... > PS: I tried to compile from source so that I can introduce debugs. This this is usually easy in Debian: if you do (in some suitable directory) "apt-get sou

xscreensaver does not lock

2020-03-30 Thread Bhasker C V
Hi,  I am at a loss to understand why xscreensaver does not work anymore.  I am on bullseye. I have two systems the other, however, works fine and locks.  xscreensaver does not seem to have any debug facility from what I could read from the man pages.  My config is attached. xscreensaver never

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-30 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 30 Jul 2017 12:20:33 -0600 Ralph Katz wrote: > On 07/30/2017 08:29 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > ... > > I'll reread the s option with new insight. But I really prefer the > > monitor being powered down instead of using a screensaver, since my > > system runs 24/7 and it's in my bedroom. A

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-30 Thread Patrick Bartek
and it's in my bedroom. A 24" monitor makes an > > awfully bright nightlight. ;-) > > VLC will kill the xscreensaver. Ric Thanks. Good to know. B

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-30 Thread Ralph Katz
On 07/30/2017 08:29 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: ... > I'll reread the s option with new insight. But I really prefer the > monitor being powered down instead of using a screensaver, since my > system runs 24/7 and it's in my bedroom. A 24" monitor makes an awfully > bright nightlight. ;-) I used t

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-30 Thread Ric Moore
VLC will kill the xscreensaver. Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-30 Thread Patrick Bartek
s for > > overridding a screensaver which I don't use or even have installed. > > I believe X has a screensaver built in. From man xset I was not aware of this. In all my studies, reading and using Linux over the past 17 years did I ever come across any mention of a buil

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-29 Thread David Wright
On Sat 29 Jul 2017 at 07:57:49 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 22:08:41 -0500 David Wright > wrote: > > > On Thu 27 Jul 2017 at 14:18:47 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:35:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > Or do what I did: dispense

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-29 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 22:08:41 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Thu 27 Jul 2017 at 14:18:47 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:35:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Or do what I did: dispense with a screensaver entirely. Haven't > > > > used one in years. Waste o

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-28 Thread David Wright
On Thu 27 Jul 2017 at 14:18:47 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:35:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Or do what I did: dispense with a screensaver entirely. Haven't > > > used one in years. Waste of CPU cycles. Besides modern computer > > > screens don't even n

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:55:23 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:35:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Or do what I did: dispense with a screensaver entirely. Haven't > > used one in years. Waste of CPU cycles. Besides modern computer > > screens don't even need them any

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 07:35:24AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > Or do what I did: dispense with a screensaver entirely. Haven't used > one in years. Waste of CPU cycles. Besides modern computer screens > don't even need them anymore. They aren't prone to image burning > like tube-type monitor

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
g one. > > During Xfce sessions, at random time my screen is filled with piece > of outdated images that were created by xscreensaver. > Most of the time, these images comes with an outdated error message > from xscreensaver. > > Any hint to fix is is welcome. Instead of

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-27 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 7/27/17, Johann Spies wrote: > On 27 July 2017 at 09:27, Jerome BENOIT > wrote: >> It is configured to display the `deco' saver. > > I would try and move ~/.xscreensaver away (something like > ~/.xscreensaver.bak) and then restart and reconfigure xscreensaver if >

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-27 Thread Johann Spies
On 27 July 2017 at 09:27, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > It is configured to display the `deco' saver. I would try and move ~/.xscreensaver away (something like ~/.xscreensaver.bak) and then restart and reconfigure xscreensaver if I were in you position. Regards. Johann -- Because experienc

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
ly. >> Nevertheless, so far, I failed to fixed one of them, and a very annoying one. >> >> During Xfce sessions, at random time my screen is filled with piece >> of outdated images that were created by xscreensaver. >> Most of the time, these images comes with an outda

Re: Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-26 Thread Johann Spies
During Xfce sessions, at random time my screen is filled with piece > of outdated images that were created by xscreensaver. > Most of the time, these images comes with an outdated error message from > xscreensaver. How did you configure xscreensaver? I use XFCE and have no problems. M

Stretch: xfce and xscreensaver

2017-07-26 Thread Jerome BENOIT
images that were created by xscreensaver. Most of the time, these images comes with an outdated error message from xscreensaver. Any hint to fix is is welcome. Thanks in advance, Jerome

how take a xscreensaver/deco image as backgound image

2017-06-27 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, I use deco as xscreesaver and I would like to take one of its random image as (static) background: is there a simple way to do so ? Thanks in advance, Jerome

Re: Xscreensaver Is Ignoring Config File

2017-05-04 Thread Kent West
Never mind. It was a case of me shooting myself in my own foot. I am calling a script from ~/.xinitrc that is restoring an old copy of ~/.xscreensaver. My bad. Sorry for the noise. -- Kent On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Kent West wrote: > I have a ~/.xscreensaver file in my home direct

Xscreensaver Is Ignoring Config File

2017-05-04 Thread Kent West
I have a ~/.xscreensaver file in my home directory. I am not starting the X GUI automatically (not even a login manager; just a plain text prompt). This ~/.xscreensaver file has the default hack specified as "1" (I've also tried other numbers), as in: mode: one selecte

xscreensaver sonar : sonar must be setuid to ping

2017-03-11 Thread Avinash Sonawane
Hello! I am using XScreenSaver 5.36 on Debian Jessie. I have setuid to sonar as mentioned in `man sonar` i.e. chown root:root sonar chmod u+s sonar $ ls -ld /usr/lib/xscreensaver/sonar -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 104016 Apr 15 2016 /usr/lib/xscreensaver/sonar Now, whenever I invoke sonar through

Re: xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

2016-04-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Norbert Gruener wrote: > Is there a chance that there will be a "newer" version for Debian > Jessie available? You may want to read through the bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/819703 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

2016-04-03 Thread Ben Finney
Norbert Gruener writes: > I am running Debian »Jessie« and as part of it »xscreensaver > (5.30-1+deb8u1)«. Since April, 1st, 2016, after starting xscreensaver > I get the following warning message > > This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD! > Please u

xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

2016-04-03 Thread Norbert Gruener
Hi, I am running Debian »Jessie« and as part of it »xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)«. Since April, 1st, 2016, after starting xscreensaver I get the following warning message This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD! Please upgrade! So I have checked the source code of xscreensaver

Re: xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds ?? (sid, xfce4)

2014-01-14 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Zenaan Harkness, 13.01.2014: > xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds. This > causes my xscreensaver unlock/password dialog window to open up all > the time... > > Any idea how I can find out what's calling this command every 30 seconds? Try runnin

Re: xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds ?? (sid, xfce4)

2014-01-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/13/14, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 08:55:51PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds. This >> causes my xscreensaver unlock/password dialog window to open up all >> the time... >> >

Re: xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds ?? (sid, xfce4)

2014-01-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 08:55:51PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds. This > causes my xscreensaver unlock/password dialog window to open up all > the time... > > Any idea how I can find out what's calling t

xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds ?? (sid, xfce4)

2014-01-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds. This causes my xscreensaver unlock/password dialog window to open up all the time... Any idea how I can find out what's calling this command every 30 seconds? TIA Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: Automatically activate xscreensaver-command -deactivate after un-hibernate ?

2014-01-07 Thread Felix C. Stegerman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2014-01-04 23:26, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > sid, xfce > > Because I just have a blank screen as my lock screen, > un-hibernating just continues to show my blank screen. > > It would be nice if the "unlock" password dialog appeared > automatical

Automatically activate xscreensaver-command -deactivate after un-hibernate ?

2014-01-04 Thread Zenaan Harkness
sid, xfce Because I just have a blank screen as my lock screen, un-hibernating just continues to show my blank screen. It would be nice if the "unlock" password dialog appeared automatically. Anyone know how I might do this in xfce? TIA Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@l

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

2013-04-25 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> > > > Not quite. I want sudo 'activated' when I enter my password. > > > > Ie, when I log in to XFCE, or when I unlock the xscreensaver, I have > > in both cases just entered my password. So because I just entered my > > password, I expect s

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

2013-04-24 Thread Zenaan Harkness
7; when I enter my password. >> >> Ie, when I log in to XFCE, or when I unlock the xscreensaver, I have >> in both cases just entered my password. So because I just entered my >> password, I expect sudo to be 'activated'. > > Ah, now I get it. :) > >

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

2013-04-24 Thread Wolfgang Karall
I log in to XFCE, or when I unlock the xscreensaver, I have > in both cases just entered my password. So because I just entered my > password, I expect sudo to be 'activated'. Ah, now I get it. :) I suppose there's a way to do this using xscreensaver-command -watch and some s

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

2013-04-24 Thread Zenaan Harkness
also requires my password. But I just entered my password! So, I want a timeout for sudo, but when I enter my password, that should be the trigger to 'activate' sudo for a few minutes. >> I would like the same in principle, when unlocking xscreensaver. >> >> Anyone know ho

Re: touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

2013-04-24 Thread Wolfgang Karall
do/{my-usr} and I find this very > convenient. > > I would like the same in principle, when unlocking xscreensaver. > > Anyone know how to achieve this, or if it's possible without hacking some > code? If I understand you correctly, you never want to type a password when

touch /var/lib/sudo/$USER / use sudo when unlocking xscreensaver (xfce)

2013-04-20 Thread Zenaan Harkness
xscreensaver. Anyone know how to achieve this, or if it's possible without hacking some code? TIA Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://l

Re: libfprint: configure pam to only (and exclusively) use for xscreensaver

2012-03-19 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:07:46 +0300, Johannes Graumann wrote: > Below you find my (testing stock) /etc/pam.d/common-auth & xscreensaver > files. I have endlessly played around but this eludes me, so any help > would be appreciated ... > I'm trying to configure pam such

libfprint: configure pam to only (and exclusively) use for xscreensaver

2012-03-18 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hi, Below you find my (testing stock) /etc/pam.d/common-auth & xscreensaver files. I have endlessly played around but this eludes me, so any help would be appreciated ... I'm trying to configure pam such that normal password authentication is used UNLESS we are unlocking xscreensaver

Re: Customizing xscreensaver

2009-12-29 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Tom Furie wrote: > Hi Arthur, > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 09:16:05AM -0600, Arthur Machlas wrote: > > > I've figured out how to modify the colour scheme of the unlock dialog for > > xscreensaver, though I'm wondering if

Re: Customizing xscreensaver

2009-12-23 Thread Tom Furie
Hi Arthur, On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 09:16:05AM -0600, Arthur Machlas wrote: > I've figured out how to modify the colour scheme of the unlock dialog for > xscreensaver, though I'm wondering if it only supports a certain colour > palette. The one thing I can't change, h

Customizing xscreensaver

2009-12-23 Thread Arthur Machlas
Greetings, I've figured out how to modify the colour scheme of the unlock dialog for xscreensaver, though I'm wondering if it only supports a certain colour palette. The one thing I can't change, however, is the god-awful computer-on-fire icon from 1985. I'd like to just repl

Re: launch xscreensaver on startup?

2009-11-11 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:36:38 -0500 Michael Friendly wrote: > [Env: debian stable, KDE 3.5] > > How can I configure things so that a program like xscreensaver is > automatically launched when I restart or logout/login? Google "kde application autostart" - the first hit

launch xscreensaver on startup?

2009-11-11 Thread Michael Friendly
[Env: debian stable, KDE 3.5] How can I configure things so that a program like xscreensaver is automatically launched when I restart or logout/login? -- Michael Friendly Email: friendly AT yorku DOT ca Professor, Psychology Dept. York University Voice: 416 736-5115 x66249 Fax: 416

Unwanted xscreensaver process spawned by startkde (KDE4)

2009-10-20 Thread Davide Mancusi
Guys, this is really driving me nuts. Running KDE4 on sid. When I log in, there are always an xscreensaver and a ssh-agent instance running, even though I log in into an empty session: dav...@macco:~$ ps aux | grep xscr davide1580 0.0 0.0 7272 820 pts/1R+ 20:59

xscreensaver and XDM login window

2008-06-28 Thread David Witbrodt
Has anyone on this list who runs XDM tried to get the 'xscreensaver' to run on the login screen? The 'man' page gives some instructions, but those do not work for me. In fact, the suggestion to place xhost +localhost in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config does not work. On my sys

Re: xscreensaver

2008-04-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 06:36:02AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I use xscreensaver 5.05-1, and I am using ldap users (nss-ldapd & > pam-ldap). Just recently I have noticed that when I unlock xscreensaver > I get > > permissions on the password database maybe too

xscreensaver

2008-04-22 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I use xscreensaver 5.05-1, and I am using ldap users (nss-ldapd & pam-ldap). Just recently I have noticed that when I unlock xscreensaver I get permissions on the password database maybe too restrictive not sure where to look for this, xscreensaver seems to be the only app having prob

glslideshow -root -visual GL (XScreenSaver)

2007-07-23 Thread Masatran, R. Deepak
I am trying out GLSlideShow: $ /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -root -visual GL glslideshow: ignoring `-visual gl' because of `-root'. glslideshow: using root window's visual 0x22. glslideshow: 17:46:42: only 3.3 fps! Turning off pan/fade to compensate...

Re: problem with xscreensaver, xorg and DPMS

2007-01-25 Thread Marc Wilson
Dino Morelli wrote: My system will almost never power the monitor off even with power management configured in xscreensaver. It's weirdly intermittant but almost never works as it should. In fact it seems to work right right after xstart or when I dink the settings in xscreensaver. But

problem with xscreensaver, xorg and DPMS

2007-01-25 Thread Dino Morelli
The problem I'm having is this: My system will almost never power the monitor off even with power management configured in xscreensaver. It's weirdly intermittant but almost never works as it should. In fact it seems to work right right after xstart or when I dink the settings in xs

problem with xscreensaver, xorg and DPMS

2007-01-25 Thread Dino Morelli
The problem I'm having is this: My system will almost never power the monitor off even with power management configured in xscreensaver. It's weirdly intermittant but almost never works as it should. In fact it seems to work right right after xstart or when I dink the settings in xs

xscreensaver and DPMS

2006-11-16 Thread Renato
Hello there, has anyone experienced a seemingly weird behaviour with xscreensaver and the DPMS functions X provides? Well, I had configured xscreensaver to blank/lock the screen, then turn the backlight off (it's an LCD). It was working, but operates rather peculiarly lately: It goes like

Re: xscreensaver

2006-11-06 Thread Owen Heisler
On 11/5/06, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 19:55 -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > I'm finding that when I play defendguin in fullscreen mode, it will > freeze, and then go into a window. I think that xscreensaver is > assuming things are id

Re: xscreensaver

2006-11-05 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 19:55 -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > I'm finding that when I play defendguin in fullscreen mode, it will > freeze, and then go into a window. I think that xscreensaver is > assuming things are idle, and is trying to start up (subsequently giving > up whe

xscreensaver

2006-11-04 Thread Mark Grieveson
I'm finding that when I play defendguin in fullscreen mode, it will freeze, and then go into a window. I think that xscreensaver is assuming things are idle, and is trying to start up (subsequently giving up when defendguin goes into window mode). Similar small freeze ups happen when I

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-05 Thread Justin Guerin
On Tuesday 03 January 2006 06:07, Yuri Pakhomov wrote: > I had installed debian with gnome and xscreensaver. Then installed kde. > In gnome xscreensaver works fine. In kde i enter control center > > appearance...> screen saver and see blank screen saver only. > > When i enter

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday, 3 January 2006 at 12:09:50 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > The kscreensaver-xsavers package handles the classic xscreen savers and > the xscreensaver daemon does not run under KDE. ??? I run xscreensaver under KDE. Just edit your .xinitrc to say xscreensaver &

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Nate Bargmann
r"? > > There aro no erros - seems screensaver daemon just dont run when > starting kde. Does kscreensaver use xscreensaver savers? [:)] > I just need to start xscreensaver daemon automatically (when i do it > manually all works fine until reboot) The kscreensaver-xsa

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Yuri Pakhomov
Does kscreensaver use xscreensaver savers? [:)] I just need to start xscreensaver daemon automatically (when i do it manually all works fine until reboot) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
Yuri Pakhomov wrote: I had installed debian with gnome and xscreensaver. Then installed kde. In gnome xscreensaver works fine. In kde i enter control center > appearance...> screen saver and see blank screen saver only. When i enter settings> screensaver from main menu - it

xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Yuri Pakhomov
I had installed debian with gnome and xscreensaver. Then installed kde. In gnome xscreensaver works fine. In kde i enter control center > appearance...> screen saver and see blank screen saver only. When i enter settings> screensaver from main menu - it tells me xscreensaver daemon no

xscreensaver and dual head ati x600

2005-08-10 Thread Greg Vickers
Hi all, I've got an ATI x600 PCIx video card in this new computer and have gotten XFree86 working with the display driver from http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html xscreensaver does fade both monitors but only activates on the left monitor and restores

xscreensaver preferences menu entry gone in Gnome

2005-07-27 Thread H. S.
Hi, Since a few days I have noticed that there no Xscreensaver entry in Applications->Desktop Preferences->Advanced menu of Gnome. This menu entry used to bring up the preferences dialog of xscreensaver which can be obtained from a command prompt by: $ xscreensaver-command -prefs Any ide

xscreensaver-demo crashing on Sarge

2005-07-08 Thread Daniel Ramaley
Hello. I am using Sarge on a Dell OptiPlex GX 110 (which i believe has i810 graphics) and am trying to get xscreensaver setup. When i run xscreensaver-demo, i get errors on the terminal from which i ran it. Some screen savers work perfectly when i preview them, but most of them cause

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-29 Thread Tom Allison
Tom Allison wrote: Blake Swadling wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscree

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-29 Thread Tom Allison
Blake Swadling wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscreensaver for profile

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-28 Thread Tom Allison
Blake Swadling wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscreensaver for profile

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-23 Thread Blake Swadling
On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: > How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of > X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscreensaver for profile. create a f

xscreensaver

2004-09-23 Thread Tom Allison
How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of X window on my workstations? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xscreensaver & xplanet

2004-07-18 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 07:13:41AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote.. > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 02:28:21AM -0400, Faithful John wrote.. > > > I have xscreensaver, when I got xplanet and I tried to > > center the view of the earth on xplanet on my current > &g

Re: xscreensaver & xplanet

2004-07-18 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 02:28:21AM -0400, Faithful John wrote.. > I have xscreensaver, when I got xplanet and I tried to > center the view of the earth on xplanet on my current > location using the settings, the xscreensaver settings > indicated that i hadn't install xp

xscreensaver & xplanet

2004-07-13 Thread Faithful John
I have xscreensaver, when I got xplanet and I tried to center the view of the earth on xplanet on my current location using the settings, the xscreensaver settings indicated that i hadn't install xplanet ... which I already had. Xplanet seems to start fine, when i start it using an xterm ..

Re: How to get xfce4 to run xscreensaver?

2004-04-23 Thread Adam Funk
On Friday 23 April 2004 16:00, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 12:55:30PM +, Adam Funk wrote: >> How do I get Xfce4 to run xscreensaver automatically whenever I log >> in? >> >> Thanks, >> Adam >> > > Hi Adam, you can w

Re: How to get xfce4 to run xscreensaver?

2004-04-23 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 12:55:30PM +, Adam Funk wrote: > How do I get Xfce4 to run xscreensaver automatically whenever I log in? > > Thanks, > Adam > Hi Adam, you can write the following two lines in your .xinitrc xscreensaver exec xfce You might need to do it also in .xs

How to get xfce4 to run xscreensaver?

2004-04-23 Thread Adam Funk
How do I get Xfce4 to run xscreensaver automatically whenever I log in? Thanks, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 01:11:04AM -0800, Nano Nano wrote: > [2] 53C will be reported on the heatsink edge when 61C is reported by > the CPU core to the bios. The difference is less at lower temps. ...as one would expect. Suggest that using the CPU core sensor would be a better idea than the he

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Travis Crump
Nano Nano wrote: [1] 230 mhz bus, 14% increase. Kernel compile time went from 6:11 to 5:20, a 14% increase. It's worth the trouble. So, you have a 14% performance boost, but you can only use it 75% of the time. 1.14*0.75=86%... signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: CPU-intensive periodic processes, e.g. xscreensaver-gl

2004-02-17 Thread Greg Folkert
On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 04:11, Nano Nano wrote: > I've overclocked my 3.2Ghz to 3.68Ghz with proper but extremely loud CPU > fan. [1]. My goal is to lever let my heatsink temp. exceed 53 > celsius [2]. Cool. > [1] 230 mhz bus, 14% increase. Kernel compile time went from 6:11 to > 5:20, a 14% i

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