Re: xscreensaver cannot lock: no screensaver running on display

[Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net>]

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
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