Re: XDM and xscreensaver problems
There is a whole section on using xscreensaver and xdm in it's man page.
That should hopefully clear up this issue for you.
--mike
On 09 Aug 2001 10:52:39 -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> Hi..
>
> I would like to have xscreensaver run properly in xdm...
> (so that the screensaver kicks in when their has been
> no activity at the login prompt)
> I added this to my ~/xdm/Xsetup file
>
>
> xset s off
> xhost +localhost
> xscreensaver-command -exit
> xscreensaver -no-splash &
>
> The screensaver kicks in fine... but there is a yellow text
> that appears that says:
>
> xscreensaver: couldn't grab keyboard! (AlreadyGrabbed)
>
> I can't use the keyboard to stop the screensaver, only the mouse
> will stop it and take me back to the login prompt...
>
> I don't get the error when the xscreensaver kicks in after a user
> has logged into X
>
> Any help on this would be great!!!
>
> thanks
> Mike
>
>
>
> ~~Bill, Bill who?~~
>
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