xscreensaver-gnome doesn't start?
Joe Marcus Clarke
marcus at FreeBSD.org
Tue Feb 7 10:13:28 PST 2006
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Derrick Ryalls wrote:
> Derrick Ryalls wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have xscreensaver-gnome installed but it doesn't want to
> start. I have
> > tried adjusting the wait time down to 1 minute but that didn't
> help. Last
> > night I even tried deleting xscreensaver-hacks (not sure what that
> was) and
> > doing a normal install of x11/xscreensaver-gnome but it still
> doesn't run.
> > My machine is a laptop running FreeBSD 6.0 and gnome 2.12.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any clues, I am sure I am missing something
> small
> > again.
>
> What errors do you get when you try starting xscreensaver from the
> command line?
>
> Joe
>
> - --
>
>
> Starting it from the command line got it working, starting from menu
> says the daemon isn't running. So I guess I just need to add a script
> somewhere to autostart it when I log in? Would that be
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d or is there a better place for windowed apps?
>
You don't need to do this. gnome-session should start this
automatically. If you're not using gnome-session, then you will need to
start xscreensaver from your .xinitrc or from whatever script you use to
start X.
Joe
- --
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome at FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (Darwin)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFD6ONbb2iPiv4Uz4cRAjruAJ9FJz3lt6FppIc0qRQDdGbUnzotGwCgjxML
fo0unAtqz3GG7CLobFYp+zY=
=8Bu2
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
More information about the freebsd-gnome
mailing list