Re: Monitor power-down/screensaver
you can also start xscreensaver in xdm (if you use xdm of course!)
startup files - see /etc/X11/xdm/*
then anybody who starts X (using xdm) will have the screensaver...
erik
Tim Wood wrote:
>
> --- Glyn Millington <glyn@mill29.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 12:03:15PM +0800, thus spake
> > Tim Wood:
> ><snip>>
> > Somewhere in your home directory you have a file
> > called .xsession? Stick a
> > line like this in it.........
> >
> >
> >
> > xscreensaver -timeout 2 -cycle 2 -no-splash &
> >
> > That should get xscreensaver going, if you have it
> > installed. Hit
> >
> > man xscreensaver for the details
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Glyn M
> >
> Glyn,
> typed man xscreensaver and ..nothing.
> I did not realise that I would need an addition.
> Surprised it isn't included as standard.
>
> Did an apt-get - 1900kB, wow!
>
> Added the above line to /etc/X11/xsession and the
> previews are now there. Just one thing though, X
> freezes as soon as I select one.
>
> Sorry to be a pest but what now? I don't want to have
> to modify each users xsession if I can avoid it.
>
> TIA,
> Tim
> >
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