GNOME settings on start up
Hello list & happy birthday Debian ... sweet 16 and all of that ;-)
I am having a bit of a problem with the services that GNOME triggers on
start up, and would like some ideas on how to fix these.
I really have come to like GNOME as a DE and I know that it is bloated,
but the UI is easy on the eyes, adaptable and customisable and it
generally stays out of the way (except for a footprint which, on more
memory-laden modern machines is not the problem it used to be). Anyway,
one of the issues I am finding is that the gnome-screensaver is
triggered on start up and runs in the background, but despite being
configured to kick in after 20 minutes of inactivity, it doesn't. I
also prefer the xscreensaver which can be configured to lock the screen
after a bit and does so reliably.
Unfortunately, gnome-screensaver is started automagically whilst I have
to kill gnome-screensaver and start xscreensaver manually. Using the
session options (i.e. System -> Preferences -> Session Preferences ->
Startup Programs) does not fix the issue; similarly, whilst I have kmail
and korganizer selected to start at session start up these don't
automatically start either.
I am thinking that there must be a configuration file somewhere, but I
cannot find it so that I can change these settings through the
configuration file directly rather than through a user window/ dialogue
box. What is that file called and is it possible to change these
settings at that level? If not, what are my alternatives?
Thanks for your input.
AG
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