Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-20 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:13:09 -0800 Mike Kupfer wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > The logs show regular deactivate events like the following every 20 > > seconds: > > > > ClientMessage DEACTIVATE: already inactive, resetting activity time > > > > I saw this: > > > > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensave

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-18 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 2/17/23, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Celejar wrote: > >> The logs show regular deactivate events like the following every 20 >> seconds: >> >> ClientMessage DEACTIVATE: already inactive, resetting activity time >> >> I saw this: >> >> https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#no-blank >> >> I guess I

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-17 Thread Mike Kupfer
Celejar wrote: > The logs show regular deactivate events like the following every 20 > seconds: > > ClientMessage DEACTIVATE: already inactive, resetting activity time > > I saw this: > > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html#no-blank > > I guess I have to figure out what application is se

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-17 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 09:28:23 -0800 Mike Kupfer wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > I'm running Debian Sid with XFCE. Xscreensaver used to work, but a > > number of months ago, it broke badly: it now fails to fails to activate > > via the "Preview" button or (more importantly) via the "Blank after" > >

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-13 Thread Mike Kupfer
Celejar wrote: > I'm running Debian Sid with XFCE. Xscreensaver used to work, but a > number of months ago, it broke badly: it now fails to fails to activate > via the "Preview" button or (more importantly) via the "Blank after" > setting. Thank you for bringing this up. I just noticed yesterday

Re: xscreensaver fails to activate via "Preview" button or via "Blank after" setting

2023-02-13 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:12:19 -0500 Celejar wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Debian Sid with XFCE. Xscreensaver used to work, but a > number of months ago, it broke badly: it now fails to fails to activate > via the "Preview" button or (more importantly) via the "Blank after" > setting. It does still

Re: xscreensaver problem

2022-12-25 Thread debian-user
> Try 'xscreensaver-demo &exit'. Err that runs xscreensaver-demo and then immediately exits from the terminal session that starts it. I'm not sure why you'd want to do that? > It will ask to restart a non running > xscreensaver service. No it won't! > Try to purge xscreensaver packages and > r

Re: xscreensaver problem

2022-12-25 Thread operation . privacyenforcement
Try 'xscreensaver-demo &exit'. It will ask to restart a non running xscreensaver service. Try to purge xscreensaver packages and reinstall them again. 'sudo apt-get purge xscreensaver* ; sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-data-extra' On Thu, 22 Dec 2022, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: I

Re: xscreensaver problem

2022-12-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
Pierre Frenkiel On Thu, 22 Dec 2022, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: I have now a big problem with xscreensaver. Up to yesterday, it worked perfectly, but I had to re-install Debian on my PC, and now if fails when I run "xscreensaver" I get:    xscreensaver-systemd: 13:59:54: user bus connection faile

Re: xscreensaver does not lock

2020-03-30 Thread tomas
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 06:25:38PM +0100, Bhasker C V wrote: > Hi, I don't know about screensaver specifically, but... > PS: I tried to compile from source so that I can introduce debugs. This this is usually easy in Debian: if you do (in some suitable directory) "apt-get source xscreensaver", y

Re: Xscreensaver Is Ignoring Config File

2017-05-04 Thread Kent West
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 wrote: > I have a ~/.xscreensaver file in my home directory.

Re: xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

2016-04-03 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Norbert Gruener wrote: > Is there a chance that there will be a "newer" version for Debian > Jessie available? You may want to read through the bug report: https://bugs.debian.org/819703 -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

Re: xscreensaver (5.30-1+deb8u1)

2016-04-03 Thread Ben Finney
Norbert Gruener writes: > I am running Debian »Jessie« and as part of it »xscreensaver > (5.30-1+deb8u1)«. Since April, 1st, 2016, after starting xscreensaver > I get the following warning message > > This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD! > Please upgrade! See https://bugs.debian

Re: xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds ?? (sid, xfce4)

2014-01-14 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Zenaan Harkness, 13.01.2014: > xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds. This > causes my xscreensaver unlock/password dialog window to open up all > the time... > > Any idea how I can find out what's calling this command every 30 seconds? Try running top and press V to ge

Re: xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds ?? (sid, xfce4)

2014-01-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 1/13/14, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 08:55:51PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds. This >> causes my xscreensaver unlock/password dialog window to open up all >> the time... >> >> Any idea how I can find out wh

Re: xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds ?? (sid, xfce4)

2014-01-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 08:55:51PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > xscreensaver-command -version is getting called every 30 seconds. This > causes my xscreensaver unlock/password dialog window to open up all > the time... > > Any idea how I can find out what's calling this command every 30 seconds

Re: xscreensaver

2008-04-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 06:36:02AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > I use xscreensaver 5.05-1, and I am using ldap users (nss-ldapd & > pam-ldap). Just recently I have noticed that when I unlock xscreensaver > I get > > permissions on the password database maybe too restrictive > > not sure w

Re: xscreensaver

2006-11-06 Thread Owen Heisler
On 11/5/06, Sven Arvidsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 19:55 -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > I'm finding that when I play defendguin in fullscreen mode, it will > freeze, and then go into a window. I think that xscreensaver is > assuming things are idle, and is trying to star

Re: xscreensaver

2006-11-05 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 19:55 -0500, Mark Grieveson wrote: > I'm finding that when I play defendguin in fullscreen mode, it will > freeze, and then go into a window. I think that xscreensaver is > assuming things are idle, and is trying to start up (subsequently giving > up when defendguin goes i

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-05 Thread Justin Guerin
On Tuesday 03 January 2006 06:07, Yuri Pakhomov wrote: > I had installed debian with gnome and xscreensaver. Then installed kde. > In gnome xscreensaver works fine. In kde i enter control center > > appearance...> screen saver and see blank screen saver only. > > When i enter settings> screensaver

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Richard Lyons
On Tuesday, 3 January 2006 at 12:09:50 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > The kscreensaver-xsavers package handles the classic xscreen savers and > the xscreensaver daemon does not run under KDE. ??? I run xscreensaver under KDE. Just edit your .xinitrc to say xscreensaver & exec 'sta

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Yuri Pakhomov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Jan 03 09:30 -0600]: > > Do you see any screensaver-related error messages in ~/.xsession-errors > > when you try to access the screensaver through the KDE control center? > > > > Did you install the package "kscreensaver"? > > There aro no erros - seems

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Yuri Pakhomov
> Do you see any screensaver-related error messages in ~/.xsession-errors > when you try to access the screensaver through the KDE control center? > > Did you install the package "kscreensaver"? There aro no erros - seems screensaver daemon just dont run when starting kde. Does kscreensaver use x

Re: xscreensaver + kde

2006-01-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
Yuri Pakhomov wrote: I had installed debian with gnome and xscreensaver. Then installed kde. In gnome xscreensaver works fine. In kde i enter control center > appearance...> screen saver and see blank screen saver only. When i enter settings> screensaver from main menu - it tells me xscreensaver

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-29 Thread Tom Allison
Tom Allison wrote: Blake Swadling wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscreensaver for p

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-29 Thread Tom Allison
Blake Swadling wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscreensaver for profile. create a fi

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-28 Thread Tom Allison
Blake Swadling wrote: On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscreensaver for profile. create a fi

Re: xscreensaver

2004-09-23 Thread Blake Swadling
On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:25, Tom Allison wrote: > How can I configure xscreensaver to automatically load for every user of > X window on my workstations? See the thread in the archives titled "bash profile does not get loaded" and substitute xscreensaver for profile. create a file called /etc/X

Re: xscreensaver & xplanet

2004-07-18 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 07:13:41AM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote.. > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 02:28:21AM -0400, Faithful John wrote.. > > > I have xscreensaver, when I got xplanet and I tried to > > center the view of the earth on xplanet on my current > > location using the settings,

Re: xscreensaver & xplanet

2004-07-18 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 02:28:21AM -0400, Faithful John wrote.. > I have xscreensaver, when I got xplanet and I tried to > center the view of the earth on xplanet on my current > location using the settings, the xscreensaver settings > indicated that i hadn't install xplanet ... which I > al

Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-04 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 08:50:24PM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:03:59PM -0600, ABrady wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:48:08 -0500 > > Paul M Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So the question is: how can I get KDE automatically start up > > > xscreensave

Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-04 Thread Paul M Foster
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 06:10:04AM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 08:50:24PM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:03:59PM -0600, ABrady wrote: > > > > > IceWM and XFCE will run xscreensaver at startup if you like. I do it > > with my ~/.xinitrc. It

Re: [DEB-USER] Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-04 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 08:50:24PM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:03:59PM -0600, ABrady wrote: > > IceWM and XFCE will run xscreensaver at startup if you like. I do it > with my ~/.xinitrc. It's like this: > > #!/bin/bash > exec xscreensaver & > exec /usr/bin/xfce > >

Re: [DEB-USER] Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-03 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 10:03:59PM -0600, ABrady wrote: > On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:48:08 -0500 > Paul M Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've noticed that in KDE, in the Control Center, you can select > > screensavers to run. Actually, either just one, or all of them > > randomly. However, I

Re: [DEB-USER] Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-03 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 09:37:40PM -0800, Ralph Alvy wrote: > Paul M Foster wrote: > > > I've noticed that in KDE, in the Control Center, you can select > > screensavers to run. Actually, either just one, or all of them randomly. > > Paul > > How do you get KDE to use all of them randomly? I don

Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-03 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 09:37:40PM -0800, Ralph Alvy wrote: > Paul M Foster wrote: > > > I've noticed that in KDE, in the Control Center, you can select > > screensavers to run. Actually, either just one, or all of them randomly. > > Paul > > How do you get KDE to use all of them randomly? I don'

Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-02 Thread Ralph Alvy
Paul M Foster wrote: > I've noticed that in KDE, in the Control Center, you can select > screensavers to run. Actually, either just one, or all of them randomly. > Paul How do you get KDE to use all of them randomly? I don't see that option on the screesaver config screen. I'm using KDE 3.15. -

Re: xscreensaver and KDE

2004-02-02 Thread ABrady
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:48:08 -0500 Paul M Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've noticed that in KDE, in the Control Center, you can select > screensavers to run. Actually, either just one, or all of them > randomly. However, I have an ~/.xscreensaver file where all my > preferences are already p

Re: xscreensaver-gl issue, gl only works once per session

2004-01-28 Thread Grégory SIMONET
Hi, I had exactly the same problem. It works fine after a simple reinstallation the the nvidia drivers : - you've got to download them on www.nvidia.com - to compile them - to restart X hope this was useful. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: xscreensaver error: usage: xscreensaver-getimage [ -display host:dpy.screen ] [ -v ] window-id

2003-12-06 Thread Karsten M. Self
y here. jwz replied to me off-list: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jamie Zawinski) Subject: Re: xscreensaver error: usage: xscreensaver-getimage [ -display Date: 6 Dec 2003 02:06:49 -0800 This means that the "antspotlight" and "xscreensaver-getimage" execut

Re: xscreensaver error: usage: xscreensaver-getimage [ -display host:dpy.screen ] [ -v ] window-id

2003-12-05 Thread Marc Wilson
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 09:21:40PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > The problem is the system call within the hacks themselves. If you > noted, I was running antspotlight from the command line. My bad, I should read more carefully. You did indeed point out that is was internal to the hacks. In m

Re: xscreensaver error: usage: xscreensaver-getimage [ -display host:dpy.screen ] [ -v ] window-id

2003-12-05 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:12:25PM -0800, Marc Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:29:33AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > No Google hits, strace doesn't help much. Sounds like someone got their > > args wrong. > > So LOOK at their arguments, fix them, and th

Re: xscreensaver error: usage: xscreensaver-getimage [ -display host:dpy.screen ] [ -v ] window-id

2003-12-05 Thread Marc Wilson
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:29:33AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > No Google hits, strace doesn't help much. Sounds like someone got their > args wrong. So LOOK at their arguments, fix them, and then file a bug. The "Advanced" button on the "Settings" pane of every graphics hack is what you w

Re: xscreensaver not starting with Gnome

2003-06-04 Thread Ben Kal
On 2 Jun 2003 Joel Konkle-Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I make xscreensaver start when I log into Gnome? Currently I have > to right click on the lock applet > Restart Daemon before I can lock my > screen. > > I have xscreensaver-gnome 3.34 with Gnome 1.4 on Woody. Then you probably

Re: xscreensaver not starting with Gnome

2003-06-03 Thread Yuhanes Tjandra
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 02:49:58PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > How do I make xscreensaver start when I log into Gnome? Currently I have to > right click on the lock applet > Restart Daemon before I can lock my screen. > > I have xscreensaver-gnome 3.34 with Gnome 1.4 on Woody. You need to

Re: xscreensaver

2002-05-15 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Tom Allison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020515 02:22]: > I think this is prevelant on all my machines, but certainly on my > notebook. I have xscreensaver installed, but it never goes off. > > Could someone please give me a quick rundown on how to: > --enable xscreensaver (w/ & w/o password) > --set

Re: xscreensaver

2002-05-15 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Tom" == Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom> I think this is prevelant on all my machines, but certainly on my Tom> notebook. I have xscreensaver installed, but it never goes off. Tom> Could someone please give me a quick rundown on how to: Tom> --enable xscreensaver (w/ & w/o pas

RE: xscreensaver

2002-05-15 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 04:22, Tom Allison wrote: | > I think this is prevelant on all my machines, but certainly on my | > notebook. I have xscreensaver installed, but it never goes off. | > | > Could someone please give me a quick rundown on how to: | > --enable xscreensaver (w/ & w/o password

Re: xscreensaver

2002-05-15 Thread Dale Hair
On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 04:22, Tom Allison wrote: > I think this is prevelant on all my machines, but certainly on my > notebook. I have xscreensaver installed, but it never goes off. > > Could someone please give me a quick rundown on how to: > --enable xscreensaver (w/ & w/o password) > --set my

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-18 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 08:48:38PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > Related question: On a dual display system not using xinerama (e.g., > different xserver on :0.0 and :0.1, can you get the screensaver to run > on just one display? You can cause xscreensaver to run on any number of displays, but it

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread Paul Mackinney
Karsten M. Self declaimed: > In a suitable window manager, you can then bind the "lock screen" > command to a key combination. I have a majick three-finger salute that > activates xscreensaver for me, damned convenient. I find this more > useful than, say, an icon button. Cool idea, I will implem

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 16, 2002, craigw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue Apr 16, 2002 at 10:13:10AM -0300, Marcelo Leal wrote: > > what the command line for lock the screen with xscreensaver ??? > > i use xlock, but the xscreensaver is more cool than that one... > > when i execute xscreensaver, appears tha

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread Marcelo Leal
great reply in a list :) i will remember that command: doubt --help. it funny. thanks craig! it's working fine. On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 23:15, Eric G. Miller wrote: > On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 10:13:10AM -0300, Marcelo Leal wrote: > > what the command line for lock the screen with xscreensaver ??

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 16, 2002 at 10:13:10AM -0300, Marcelo Leal wrote: > what the command line for lock the screen with xscreensaver ??? > i use xlock, but the xscreensaver is more cool than that one... > when i execute xscreensaver, appears that dialog box > thanks! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 10:13:10AM -0300, Marcelo Leal wrote: > what the command line for lock the screen with xscreensaver ??? > i use xlock, but the xscreensaver is more cool than that one... > when i execute xscreensaver, appears that dialog box > thanks! xscreensaver -help -- Eric G. Mil

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread Jason Healy
At 1018969990s since epoch (04/16/02 09:13:10 -0400 UTC), Marcelo Leal wrote: > what the command line for lock the screen with xscreensaver ??? > i use xlock, but the xscreensaver is more cool than that one... try `xscreensaver-command -activate` Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ --

Re: xscreensaver requires manual activation

2002-01-02 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 02 Jan 2002 12:20:14AM -0500, dman insinuated: > | as for anything i know about lockfiles, > | > | orange:~> ls -la /var/lock/ > | total 2 > | drwxrwxrwt2 root root 1024 Jan 1 07:36 ./ > | drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 1024 Aug 22 11:03 ../ > | > | ... nothing hav

Re: xscreensaver requires manual activation

2002-01-01 Thread dman
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 10:18:39PM -0600, Nori Heikkinen wrote: | on Tue, 01 Jan 2002 08:01:08PM -0500, dman insinuated: | > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 05:24:12PM -0600, Nori Heikkinen wrote: | > | (potato, 2.4.9) | > | running xscreensaver but it hasn't for some time started up by itself | > | when i

Re: xscreensaver requires manual activation

2002-01-01 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 01 Jan 2002 08:01:08PM -0500, dman insinuated: > On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 05:24:12PM -0600, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > | (potato, 2.4.9) > | running xscreensaver but it hasn't for some time started up by itself > | when i start X. it says it is: > | > | orange:~> xscreensaver > | xscreensaver

Re: xscreensaver requires manual activation

2002-01-01 Thread dman
On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 05:24:12PM -0600, Nori Heikkinen wrote: | (potato, 2.4.9) | running xscreensaver but it hasn't for some time started up by itself | when i start X. it says it is: | | orange:~> xscreensaver | xscreensaver: already running on display :0.0 (window 0x81) | from process 4

Re: xscreensaver on woody

2001-11-16 Thread Mike McNally
The man page has some specific info on xdm and gdm but nothing on wdm. I'm no guru but my suggestion is if you don't have some reason that you need a gui login screen, get rid of it, and just use startx to start X. Then you can just put the command xsreensaver in your gnome control panel startup pr

Re: xscreensaver

2001-11-16 Thread Fredrik Jagenheim
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:21:29PM -0500, Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy wrote: > You know, the guys are right about DRI. GL needs it to run full screen. > What was not mentioned is the fact that xscreensaver will not run as a root > and DRI has root only permissions by default. Put following in your XF86C

Re: xscreensaver

2001-11-16 Thread Dmitriy Kropivnitskiy
You know, the guys are right about DRI. GL needs it to run full screen. What was not mentioned is the fact that xscreensaver will not run as a root and DRI has root only permissions by default. Put following in your XF86Config Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection See if that helps > > how

Re: xscreensaver

2001-11-15 Thread Erik Steffl
jeff wrote: > > On Friday 16 November 2001 00:08, Erik Steffl wrote: > > jeff wrote: > > > On Thursday 15 November 2001 23:05, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > jeff wrote: > > > > > xscreensaver runs fast and looks great in 'windowed' (even maximized) > > > > > mode but it's _really_ slow and yucky in f

Re: xscreensaver

2001-11-15 Thread jeff
On Friday 16 November 2001 00:08, Erik Steffl wrote: > jeff wrote: > > On Thursday 15 November 2001 23:05, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > jeff wrote: > > > > xscreensaver runs fast and looks great in 'windowed' (even maximized) > > > > mode but it's _really_ slow and yucky in fullscreen mode. > > > > > >

Re: xscreensaver

2001-11-15 Thread Erik Steffl
jeff wrote: > > On Thursday 15 November 2001 23:05, Erik Steffl wrote: > > jeff wrote: > > > xscreensaver runs fast and looks great in 'windowed' (even maximized) > > > mode but it's _really_ slow and yucky in fullscreen mode. > > > > > > hardware is a penitum iii, voodoo 3/200 AGP and 128 mb ram

Re: xscreensaver

2001-11-15 Thread jeff
On Thursday 15 November 2001 23:05, Erik Steffl wrote: > jeff wrote: > > xscreensaver runs fast and looks great in 'windowed' (even maximized) > > mode but it's _really_ slow and yucky in fullscreen mode. > > > > hardware is a penitum iii, voodoo 3/200 AGP and 128 mb ram > > > > kernel is 2.4.14 w/

Re: xscreensaver

2001-11-15 Thread Erik Steffl
jeff wrote: > > xscreensaver runs fast and looks great in 'windowed' (even maximized) mode > but it's _really_ slow and yucky in fullscreen mode. > > hardware is a penitum iii, voodoo 3/200 AGP and 128 mb ram > > kernel is 2.4.14 w/DRI and voodoo compiled in openGL xscreensaver hacks or all o

Re: xscreensaver on woody

2001-11-12 Thread George Karaolides
On 11 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager does not exist. Should it, and if > > yes, what should it point to? > > It should only point to something if you have an x-session-manager > installed. If you don't there's no point in having it exist. What's an

Re: xscreensaver on woody

2001-11-11 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 08:24, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > On 8 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 11:41, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > > > On 7 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > > >

Re: xscreensaver on woody

2001-11-09 Thread George Karaolides
On 8 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 11:41, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > On 7 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'm running woody, using the icewm window manager

Re: xscreensaver on woody

2001-11-08 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 11:41, George Karaolides wrote: > > On 7 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm running woody, using the icewm window manager. > > > > > > I can start xscreensaver from the command line,

Re: xscreensaver on woody

2001-11-08 Thread George Karaolides
On 7 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running woody, using the icewm window manager. > > > > I can start xscreensaver from the command line, and I need to get it to > > start when I log in (from wdm). I've tried t

Re: xscreensaver on woody

2001-11-07 Thread Michael Heldebrant
On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm running woody, using the icewm window manager. > > I can start xscreensaver from the command line, and I need to get it to > start when I log in (from wdm). I've tried to put "xscreensaver > -no-splash &" in my ~/.xsession fi

Re: Xscreensaver CPU Usage

2001-09-28 Thread Adam McDaniel
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 10:36:21AM -0700, Anthony Lau wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:04:38PM -0400, Terry Warner wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone else uses the xmatrix xscreensaver, and has > > noticed a major increase in cpu usage at times when its running: > Depending on your CPU, it co

Re: Xscreensaver CPU Usage

2001-09-28 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:04:38PM -0400, Terry Warner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else uses the xmatrix xscreensaver, and has noticed > a major increase in cpu usage at times when its running: > > This is from a top command > > 4196 keerf 18 10 1556 1556 1224

Re: Xscreensaver CPU Usage

2001-09-28 Thread Anthony Lau
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:04:38PM -0400, Terry Warner wrote: > I was wondering if anyone else uses the xmatrix xscreensaver, and has noticed > a major increase in cpu usage at times when its running: > > This is from a top command > > 4196 keerf 18 10 1556 1556 1224 R N 88.0 0.1 0:5

Re: Xscreensaver CPU Usage

2001-09-28 Thread David Mohr
No, I don't think that is normal. Running xmatrix in a normal window, I get 0.5 cpu usage (ps aux | grep "xmatrix"). Maybe fullscreen it is a little more, but it can't be that much. I'm running 2.4.9 on a P3 850. Bye, David P.S. Since 2.4.10 is out, maybe you want to upgrade and check if it wa

Re: xscreensaver uses programs that are not installed (by xscreensaver)

2001-08-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 02:13:56AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:58:18AM -0700, Erik Steffl > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > the xscreensaver install bunch of 'hacks' (screensaver programs) and > > configuration file that lists all of them (visible in xscreensaver-dem

Re: xscreensaver uses programs that are not installed (by xscreensaver)

2001-08-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 12:58:18AM -0700, Erik Steffl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > the xscreensaver install bunch of 'hacks' (screensaver programs) and > configuration file that lists all of them (visible in xscreensaver-demo, > also used when random screensaver is picked). Most of these hacks ar

Re: xscreensaver

2001-06-03 Thread N. Raghavendra
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:27:08AM +0200, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > I want to invoke the xscreensaver(daemon) automatically after I > logged in. I added this line to my .xinitrc file > # Start xscreensaver daemon > xscreensaver & > However it doesn't work. What's wrong. Adding to the .xi

Re: xscreensaver

2001-06-02 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 07:21:30PM -0500, ktb wrote: :Every .xinitrc I have put together has exec lines for each line in the :file. If I understand it correctly all exec does is execute the :program. The tricky part is when back-grounding programs with "&" there :has to be one, usually the windo

Re: xscreensaver

2001-06-02 Thread ktb
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:55:18AM +0200, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 06:28:58PM -0500, ktb wrote: > > Try - > > exec xscreensaver & > > Thanks for your very quick respons but this doesn't seem to work. > xscreensaver doesn't get started automatically when I log in? > Does this

Re: xscreensaver

2001-06-02 Thread ktb
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 07:53:12PM -0400, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 06:28:58PM -0500, ktb wrote: > :Try - > :exec xscreensaver & > :kent > > NO DON"T DO IT! > > This will stop processing the file and make the screensaver the last > thing that executes (ie no window manag

Re: xscreensaver

2001-06-02 Thread Jeroen Valcke
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 06:28:58PM -0500, ktb wrote: > Try - > exec xscreensaver & Thanks for your very quick respons but this doesn't seem to work. xscreensaver doesn't get started automatically when I log in? Does this work for you? Regards -- Jeroen Valcke jeroen@valcke.com I

Re: xscreensaver

2001-06-02 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 06:28:58PM -0500, ktb wrote: :Try - :exec xscreensaver & :kent NO DON"T DO IT! This will stop processing the file and make the screensaver the last thing that executes (ie no window manager) and if you close the screensaver you Xwindows session will exit. Only "exec" a wi

Re: xscreensaver

2001-06-02 Thread ktb
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 01:27:08AM +0200, Jeroen Valcke wrote: > Hey, > > simple question. I want to invoke the xscreensaver(daemon) automatically > after I logged in. > I added this line to my .xinitrc file > # Start xscreensaver daemon > xscreensaver & > However it doesn't work. What

Re: Xscreensaver weirdness

2001-04-22 Thread Michael Abraham Shulman
Adding `touch .xscreensaver' to my X startup sequence fixes the problem, so apparently xscreensaver refuses to read my .xscreensaver file unless it is newer than... what? Any ideas why? \\// | R | T R | L B | //\\ ~ Michael Abraham Shulman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ jabber://[EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

Re: Xscreensaver while xdm is runing?

2001-02-04 Thread Brian May
> "Ethan" == Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ethan> On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 07:25:23PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: >> How can I get xscreensaver ro kick in while xdm is awaiting a >> login? Ethan> can't be done unless you want to completely disable all X Ethan> secur

Re: Xscreensaver while xdm is runing?

2001-02-04 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 07:25:23PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote: > How can I get xscreensaver ro kick in while xdm is awaiting a login? can't be done unless you want to completely disable all X security. see the xscreensaver docs on why. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpN7oo

Re: xscreensaver without gnome

2000-10-13 Thread kmself
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 10:50:44AM +0200, Christian Lemer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I would like to run xscreensaver with enlightenment and gdm but without gnome. > > I made different trials to run if from my .xsession... but could not > succeed to make it work... > > Where should I put th

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 01:29:07AM -0400, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > > passwordrequiredpam_unix.so use_authtok nullok md5 > > to tell if your password is md5 format, look in /etc/shadow (or passwd > > if you don't use shadow) if it starts with $1$ its md5, otherwise its > > crypt. > > Wo

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-25 Thread Harry Henry Gebel
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:46:09PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:12:59AM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > installation. i have no idea, if i can be changed later without *big* > its trivial, simply add md5 to the end of your password lines in > /etc/pam.d/* > password

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:12:59AM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > it's one of the first questions you must answer during the main potato > installation. i have no idea, if i can be changed later without *big* > effort. its trivial, simply add md5 to the end of your password lines in /etc/pam.d

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> > 8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual > > limit for md5, but theoretically there is none. > > Where would that be enabled? > it's one of the first questions you must answer during the main potato installation. i have no idea, if i can be changed later without

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:51:19PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > 8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual > limit for md5, but theoretically there is none. Where would that be enabled? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is use

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> This to me is not a good thing. What's the max length on a Unix > password, 16? 128? 256? > 8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual limit for md5, but theoretically there is none. regards -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please!

Re: xscreensaver Works!

2000-08-10 Thread Dale Morris
Thanks, I configured my XF86Config file this way and it works fine. On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 12:55:40PM -0800 23, Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 05:36:13PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > > > > it first starts the screensaver in the bg and then gives control

Re: xscreensaver works!

2000-08-10 Thread Dale Morris
Thanks, it works fine now.. On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 05:36:13PM +0200 23, Florian Friesdorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 08:11:04AM -0700, Dale Morris wrote: > > If I am running a gnome session, my gnome screensaver will shutdown the > > monitor, but it doesn't display a s

Re: xscreensaver

2000-08-10 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 05:36:13PM +0200, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > > it first starts the screensaver in the bg and then gives control to the > window manager. > when you log in there pops up a screensaver window for a few seconds where > you can configure the screensaver. > I just looked where

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