From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 8 07:55:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3797F16A420 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:55:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryallsd@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D94643D48 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2006 07:55:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryallsd@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t12so1092143wxc for ; Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:55:35 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=s4+iHyx4bk7sv5eYAL5MIKxkPpAu/5rRCK5DM6w4tNCKVBulnrAd3Vo0JrjwbaVylOcUY+Kau+BA2d+MgacXYjDZ548+wiZiFjS5/FP0I+RmRKNtsf6fqWmE3lBWJqHJMbYaTROzu1KFAD0a1Ck1aKVJuwmEcoNQAdw4r87jilY= Received: by 10.70.86.8 with SMTP id j8mr8461489wxb; Tue, 07 Feb 2006 23:55:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.42.6 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:55:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:55:35 -0800 From: Derrick Ryalls To: Joe Marcus Clarke In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <43E7AA14.8080104@FreeBSD.org> <43E8E35B.9070108@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xscreensaver-gnome doesn't start? X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:55:38 -0000 On 2/7/06, Derrick Ryalls 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 th= e > > > 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 scrip= t > > > > > 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 t= o > > > > start xscreensaver from your .xinitrc or from whatever script you use t= o > > 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.