From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 3 03:53:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F9431065692 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 03:53:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (marcuscom-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::1279]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEFEA8FC18 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 03:53:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o033rvOE005973; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 22:53:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: hartzell@alerce.com In-Reply-To: <19263.63344.332069.375893@gargle.gargle.HOWL> References: <19263.55120.677489.798324@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1262480026.16768.47.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <19263.63344.332069.375893@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-aaP7rd1NjANR7SzzvPSo" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:53:24 -0500 Message-ID: <1262490804.16768.130.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FH_DATE_PAST_20XX, NO_RELAYS autolearn=no version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting xscreensaver to run. 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: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:53:22 -0000 --=-aaP7rd1NjANR7SzzvPSo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 curre= nt > > > version of ports. > > >=20 > > > 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. > > > > > > [...] > > >=20 > > > What's the correct way to get xscreensaver to run automagically unde= r > > > gnome? > >=20 > > I'm not sure if this option is still valid. You might try simply addi= ng > > xscreensaver to the list of Startup Programs in the Startup Applicatio= ns > > capplet. > >=20 > > Joe >=20 > Adding it to the startup programs seems to work fine. >=20 > 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 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-aaP7rd1NjANR7SzzvPSo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAktAFLIACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4fdggCfTnCr1hs5zUp+Cpl+EwhdC1EJ F+YAnRGsPoXEkJXC90ChP57LB3BJ/NNM =fdFT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-aaP7rd1NjANR7SzzvPSo--