getting xscreensaver to run.

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 17:48 -0800, George Hartzell wrote:
> Joe Marcus Clarke writes:
>  > 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.
>  > >
>  > > [...]
>  > > 
>  > > 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
> 
> Adding it to the startup programs seems to work fine.
> 
> I started doing this back in the day because I couldn't get the gnome
> screen saver to put my monitor to sleep.  Does that work correctly
> these days?

Gnome-screensaver uses g-p-m to put the display to sleep.  This
currently uses DPMS which _should_ work.  However, I haven't yet seen it
work.  Someone else may be able to give some more insight.

Joe

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