Hi, That's the problem...
xscreensaver & --> this works and xscreensaver is then running.It's being run as my user, i.e. not root. xscreensaver-command -lock --> this does not work. I always receive the error below... host1:myuser:~> xscreensaver & [1] 32231 host1:myuser:~> ps -ef | grep xscreen myuser 32231 32228 0 09:06 pts/0 00:00:00 xscreensaver myuser 32234 32228 0 09:07 pts/0 00:00:00 grep xscreen host1:myuser:~> xscreensaver-command -lock xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 The xscreensaver is running but I cannot lock the screen. I'm on display :0.0 as well. If I start xscreensaver with the command.. host1:myuser:~> xscreensaver -display :0.0 & it makes no difference. I still receive the error. 2010/9/1 Jaime Ochoa Malagón <[email protected]>: > xscreensaver & > xscreensaver-command -lock > > should work or is not running xscreensaver after the fisrt step? > > ps aux |grep xscreensaver > > don't use root!!! > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:57 AM, reg exes <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm not using KDE... I'm using Enlightenment as my window manager. >> Doesn't seem to matter anway. I cannot get xscreensaver to do what it >> should? >> >> If I run xscreensaver manually and then try lock the screen, I always get >> >> host1:myuser:~> xscreensaver-command -lock >> xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 >> >> I thought I would try adding it to the xinitrc... maybe it has to be >> started then. >> >> #!/bin/sh >> /usr/bin/xscreensaver -display :0.0 & >> >> I tried this in my user's .xinitrc and as root. Didn't help either >> way, same problem. >> Ok.. then I tried adding it to the gdm.conf file... my system is using gdm... >> >> I added this line... >> [xdmcp] >> BackgroundProgram=xscreensaver -display :0.0 -no-splash >> >> Didn't help.. I still get the same error. >> >> I don't understand what I'm doing wrong? >> >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Whit Hansell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If your running KDE, go the K(Start button, lower left of screen and at >>> the bottom along with "switch user" and "log out", you will find "lock >>> session". >>> >>> reg exes wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> I upgraded my system from Etch to Lenny a looong time ago... just >>>> noticed something odd. >>>> >>>> When trying to lock my screen with xscreensaver, it dies... >>>> >>>> host1:myuser:~> xscreensaver-command -lock >>>> xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 >>>> >>>> I've searched for solutions and can't seem to find anything which helps.. >>>> >>>> I found this on the Debian Bugs List... >>>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508991 >>>> >>>> But I'm using the version from stable... >>>> >>>> host1:myuser:~> aptitude show xscreensaver >>>> Package: xscreensaver >>>> State: installed >>>> Automatically installed: no >>>> Version: 5.05-3+lenny1 >>>> >>>> Anyone have an idea? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> regexes >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] >> Archive: >> http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >> >> > > > > -- > Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different > selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. > Carl Sagan (Contact) > > Absolute certainty is a privilege of uneducated minds-and fanatics. It > is, for scientific folk, an unattainable ideal. > Cassius J. Keyser > > Jaime Ochoa Malagón > Arquitecto de Soluciones > Cel: +52 (55) 1021 0774 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
