getting xscreensaver to run.

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 15:31 -0800, George Hartzell wrote:
> I rebuilt my desktop machine over the holidays (Mac Pro, running
> RELENG_8 with MBR based ZFS mirrored drives, etc...) using the current
> version of ports.
> 
> I chose to install xscreensaver instead of the gnome screen saver
> (which is how I usually do things), but I can't seem to get it to
> start.  This is how I used to run and I don't know what I've done
> differently.
> 
> I launch gnome using startx, with an .xinitrc that exec's
> gnome-session.
> 
> If I go to System->Preferences->Screensaver it warns me that the
> screensaver isn't running and gives me the chance to start it.  If I
> start it then it works as expected.  But after logging out and then
> restarting an gnome session I find that it is again not running.
> 
> I've tried starting it via the Preferences route, then running
> 
>   gnome-save-session --gui
> 
> but it still doesn't get started when I create a session.
> 
> If I capture the output from startx I find some messages from
> xscreensaver about
> 
>   initial effective uid/gid was root/hartzell (0/1001)
>   running as hartzell/hartzell (1001/1001)
>   
>   Can't open display: :0.0
>   initial effective uid/gid was root/hartzell (0/1001)
>   running as hartzell/hartzell (1001/1001)
> 
>   This is probably because you're logging in as root.  You
>   shouldn't log in as root: you should log in as a normal user,
>   and then `su' as needed.  If you insist on logging in as root, you
>   will have to turn off X's security features before xscreensaver will
>   work.
> 
>   Please read the manual and FAQ for more information:
> 
>   http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html
>   http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man.html
> 
> I'm running as myself, but /usr/local/bin/Xorg is setuid and owned by
> root.
> 
> What's the correct way to get xscreensaver to run automagically under
> gnome?

I'm not sure if this option is still valid.  You might try simply adding
xscreensaver to the list of Startup Programs in the Startup Applications
capplet.

Joe

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