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Re: xscreensaver works!



Thanks, it works fine now..

On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 05:36:13PM +0200 23, Florian Friesdorf <42ff@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 08:11:04AM -0700, Dale Morris wrote:
> > If I am running a gnome session, my gnome screensaver will shutdown the
> > monitor, but it doesn't display a screensaver. If I am in the default
> > debian (fvvm?) window manager, and I execute the command
> > xscreensaver-demo, it will display a screensaver. But it doesn't
> > automatically turn the monitor off after running the screensaver. Also,
> > I have to re-run xscreensaver each time I log into X or else it doesn't
> > work. What do I do to get a fully functioning screen saver?
> 
> my .xsession file looks like this.
> 
> xscreensaver &
> exec wmaker
> 
> it first starts the screensaver in the bg and then gives control to the window manager.
> when you log in there pops up a screensaver window for a few seconds where you can configure the screensaver.
> I just looked where the screen standby is configured, but I think this is, at least on my system, done by the bios.
> 
> c'ya
> flo
> 
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