From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 3 04:27:21 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 D747C1065670 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 04:27:21 +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 710588FC0C for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 04:27:21 +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 o034RvU6006384; Sat, 2 Jan 2010 23:27:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: hartzell@alerce.com In-Reply-To: <1262490804.16768.130.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <19263.55120.677489.798324@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1262480026.16768.47.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <19263.63344.332069.375893@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <1262490804.16768.130.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-+jS5JYTVQh7Fyn2+LCy2" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:27:25 -0500 Message-ID: <1262492845.16768.131.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 04:27:21 -0000 --=-+jS5JYTVQh7Fyn2+LCy2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2010-01-02 at 22:53 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > 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 cur= rent > > > > 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 un= der > > > > gnome? > > >=20 > > > I'm not sure if this option is still valid. You might try simply ad= ding > > > xscreensaver to the list of Startup Programs in the Startup Applicat= ions > > > 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? >=20 > 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. Actually, I was going through the g-p-m code, and I think things are broken given that gnome-screensaver and g-p-m are out of sync. This should get fixed in GNOME 2.30 now that we have DeviceKit-power, and can then update g-p-m. Joe >=20 > Joe >=20 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-+jS5JYTVQh7Fyn2+LCy2 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) iEYEABECAAYFAktAHKoACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4dZfACdF1HOciOIxg3Vr63qZXWpxCz4 4+4An0j7mVfAy2B6gdoSAYaMixNsD8Yp =9N5v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-+jS5JYTVQh7Fyn2+LCy2--