xscreensaver-gnome doesn't start?

Joe Marcus Clarke marcus at FreeBSD.org
Tue Feb 7 10:13:28 PST 2006


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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
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