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Re: Xscreensaver Is Ignoring Config File



Never mind. It was a case of me shooting myself in my own foot.

I am calling a script from ~/.xinitrc that is restoring an old copy of ~/.xscreensaver. My bad. Sorry for the noise.

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Kent


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
I have a ~/.xscreensaver file in my home directory.

I am not starting the X GUI automatically (not even a login manager; just a plain text prompt).

This ~/.xscreensaver file has the default hack specified as "1" (I've also tried other numbers), as in:

mode:           one
selected:       1

But when I start X using the "startx &" command, and the screensaver kicks in, it kicks in as 99, and when I look in the ~/.xscreensaver file, it has been changed to 99, as in:

mode:           one
selected:       99

If I exit X, and change that file back to "1" (or "12", or whatever"), and restart X again, again it shifts back to "99".

So it seems pretty obvious to me that Xscreensaver is not reading my ~/.xscreensaver config file, but it is using that file to store its settings.

Any suggestions as to how to get Xscreensaver to read my config file and ignore whatever configuration it's reading from elsewhere?

Thanks!

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Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com



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Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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