Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:08:18 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@freebsd.org> To: hartzell@alerce.com Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting xscreensaver to run. Message-ID: <4B423CA2.2090705@freebsd.org> 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>
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On 1/2/10 8:48 PM, 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 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? I have confirmed that this is working in GNOME 2.29. Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome
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