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Subject: Re: getting xscreensaver to run.
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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?

Thanks for the help,

g.