Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 00:13:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "David E. Brooks Jr" <dbj@iglou.com> To: John Talton <jta001@coes.LaTech.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XDM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980702000415.1873A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199807020038.TAA28228@aurora.engr.latech.edu>
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On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, John Talton wrote: > 2) How do I get a screen saver in XDM so it doesnt burn a hole in > my monitor (running several computers in lab seting, screens > are on all the time - this is a real problem) My Xsetup_0 looks like this: #!/bin/sh # $XConsortium: Xsetup_0,v 1.3 93/09/28 14:30:31 gildea Exp $ xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail xhost +localhost xscreensaver -timeout 3 -cycle 3 & However, using 'xhost +localhost' can be a security risk as it makes the X session open to any connections from the localhost (on my home machine where this is, it's no big deal). Somebody who understands X far better than I probably has a better solution that isn't so insecure. -- Dave -- David E. Brooks Jr dbj@iglou.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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