xscreensaver-gnome doesn't start?

Derrick Ryalls ryallsd at gmail.com
Tue Feb 7 23:55:38 PST 2006


On 2/7/06, Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >
> I am using GDM to start the graphical login for gnome.  Tonight I will
> check to see if the new screensaver kicks in automatically (I have since
> rebooted).



I got xscreensaver to launch when no one is logged in, but I cannot get it
working when I logged in.  My ~/.xsession:

#!/bin/sh

xscreensaver -nosplash &



Any clue on what I am missing?  If I manually execute .xsession, it runs
fine.


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