Re: xscreensaver on woody
On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 08:24, George Karaolides wrote:
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> On 8 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
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> > On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 11:41, George Karaolides wrote:
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> > > On 7 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote:
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> > > > On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote:
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> > > > > 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
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> > > 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.
> > >
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> > Does /etc/X11/Xsession.options have allow-user-xsession?
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> Yes.
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> > Which X version are you running?
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> 4.1.0-8
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> > What do /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager
> > and /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager point to?
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> /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -> /usr/bin/X11/icewm
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> /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager does not exist. Should it, and if
> yes, what should it point to?
It should only point to something if you have an x-session-manager
installed. If you don't there's no point in having it exist.
> > 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.
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> > Have you also tried making your .xsession:
> > xscreensaver &
> > exec icewm (or whatever the command is, I don't know)
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> I'll try that next.
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Hope it's working now.
--mike
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