xscreensaver is a daemon, and that's never going to change. If you want something that locks your screen that is not a daemon, then xscreensaver is not the software for you.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330505 Title: Support for a non-daemon mode Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev with xscreensaver 5.26-1ubuntu2 and normally xscreensaver must run in the background to be able to lock the screen. If xscreensaver is not running and the screen is trying to be locked this happens: sworddragon@ubuntu:~$ xscreensaver-command -lock xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0 Maybe xscreensaver can support locking the screen without xscreensaver permanently running in the background as this would save ressources for whose who don't need the daemon features. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1330505/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
