Never mind. It was a case of me shooting myself in my own foot. I am calling a script from ~/.xinitrc that is restoring an old copy of ~/.xscreensaver. My bad. Sorry for the noise.
-- Kent On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > I have a ~/.xscreensaver file in my home directory. > > I am not starting the X GUI automatically (not even a login manager; just > a plain text prompt). > > This ~/.xscreensaver file has the default hack specified as "1" (I've also > tried other numbers), as in: > > mode: one > selected: 1 > > But when I start X using the "startx &" command, and the screensaver kicks > in, it kicks in as 99, and when I look in the ~/.xscreensaver file, it has > been changed to 99, as in: > > mode: one > selected: 99 > > If I exit X, and change that file back to "1" (or "12", or whatever"), and > restart X again, again it shifts back to "99". > > So it seems pretty obvious to me that Xscreensaver is not reading my > ~/.xscreensaver config file, but it is using that file to store its > settings. > > Any suggestions as to how to get Xscreensaver to read my config file and > ignore whatever configuration it's reading from elsewhere? > > Thanks! > > -- > Kent West <")))>< > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com > -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
