Re: xscreensaver on woody
On 8 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
> On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 11:41, George Karaolides wrote:
> >
> > On 7 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm running woody, using the icewm window manager.
> > > >
> > > > I can start xscreensaver from the command line, and I need to get it to
> > > > start when I log in (from wdm). I've tried to put "xscreensaver
> > > > -no-splash &" in my ~/.xsession file without success.
> > >
> > > Does the xscreensaver line come before or after the icewm line in
> > > .xsession? Please show relevant config files (.xsession) and output
> > > (.xsession-errors) if this is not the case.
> > >
> > > --mike
> >
> > This is .xsession-errors; the last line is the result of my trying to lock
> > the screen from the icewm menu entry ( I saw it happen using tail -f).
> >
> > icewm: Bad option: TaskBarShowPPPStatus
> > icewm: Bad option: IgnoreNoFocusHint
> > icewm: Bad option: ShowXButton
> > icewm: Bad option: WindowListFontName
> > icewm: Warning: Could not load font ''.
> > icewm: Warning: Could not load font ''.
> > xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
> >
> > The only line in my .xsession file reads:
> >
> > xscreensaver &
> >
> > I have tried giving the absolute path, and renaming the file to .Xsession,
> > without result.
> >
>
> Does /etc/X11/Xsession.options have allow-user-xsession?
Yes.
> Which X version are you running?
4.1.0-8
> What do /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
> and /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager point to?
/etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -> /usr/bin/X11/icewm
/etc/alternatives/x-session-manager does not exist. Should it, and if
yes, what should it point to?
> Maybe wdm is the missing link here, I don't use them so I don't
> know if it re-reads your .xsession once it logs you in. Perhaps
> the man page for it has something to say.
>
> Have you also tried making your .xsession:
> xscreensaver &
> exec icewm (or whatever the command is, I don't know)
I'll try that next.
Best regards,
George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St.,
tel: +35 79 68 08 86 Strovolos,
email: george@karaolides.com Nicosia CY 2057,
web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus
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