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 have an ~/.xscreensaver file where all my > > preferences are already picked out just the way I like them. It seems > > that KDE ignores this file in favor of its own setup somewhere else. > > > > This would be fine, except that when you run KDM, it appears to bypass > > the whole ~/.xinitrc setup, which is where I call xscreensaver as the > > first program to execute. > > > > So the question is: how can I get KDE automatically start up > > xscreensaver on startup (when running KDM)? > > I wanted the same and did it this way. > > Turn off all screensavers in KDE. Create an executable file in > ~/.kde/Autostart, something like this: > > #!/bin/bash > xscreensaver & > > You can also add other things in there (I do) that you'd like to have > run every time KDE starts. > > You can run the KDE screensavers from regular xscreensaver as well. Just > find the *.kss files and add them into ~/.xscreensaver manually. I don't > have it that way now, but I used to do it a couple of years ago. It's > mostly redundant, but sometimes KDE includes something not in the > regular program.
Thanks much. I'll try that and report back if there's a problem. > > Now, if I could just get it working with IceWM or XFCE. > 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 In fact, I have an Xdialog routine in my .xinitrc that allows me to pick which window manager I want to run when X starts up. Of course, all bets are off if you're using KDM or somesuch. I use startx, so it does run things like ~/.xinitrc. Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
