Re: XScreenSaver daemon

["Kevin D. Knerr, Sr." <kknerrsr ptdprolog net>]

During a fit of intermitent cluelessness, I hit "send" before revising
the "To:" field, when on 25 Aug, Telsa Gwynne wrote:

> This has been coming up a lot recently. I had a look at the xscreensaver 
> FAQ (whose URL I think is referenced in the error messages on the console
> you started X from, if you used startx and tried to use xscreensaver as
> root).
> 
> http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html
> 
> Questions covered: 
> 
>     3. How do I use xscreensaver in conjunction with XDM or GDM?
>     4. When I'm logged in as root, xscreensaver won't lock my screen!
>     5. When I'm logged in as root, xscreensaver won't launch at all!
>    19. I'm running Gnome, and when I install a new version of
>        xscreensaver, the Gnome control panel doesn't list all the display
>        modes. What's wrong?
>    20. The Gnome control panel doesn't list any of the display modes,
>        but xscreensaver-demo works. What's wrong?
>    21. The xscreensaver-demo program won't let me run any other hacks
>        except the one that I selected in the Gnome control panel. Why?
> 
> Since I know some people are going to object to his answers, it is 
> probably worth suggesting that people don't flame them here on this
> list. I doubt jwz (the xscreensaver author) reads it, and it will thus
> accomplish very little. 

I see what you mean about his answers, Telsa. <g>

But has any thought been given to *not* defaulting to xscreensaver??

<potential flamebait>
While I find some of the modes in xscreensaver pretty cool--especially
the ones reminiscent of old Amiga screen hacks, on the whole I prefer
xlockmore.
</potential flamebait>

Has any thought been given to allowing the user to configure other
screensavers via GNOME? Especially since jmz has nothing to do with the
GNOME implementation. Or is this something that would become too much of
a headache?

For now, I guess I stick w/ xautolock & xlockmore, but enqiring minds
want to know . . .

Barthel

P.S. Xautolock doesn't work w/ XF86-4.0.1 -- probably due to some libs
that have not yet been ported over. So for now, I've simply created a
panel launcher with the same icon & comment that launches xlock instead.

Evil thought: maybe I could write a sawfish replet to launch xlock for
me . . . (Boy, I sure hope John Harper is ignoring this . . . ;-)
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