Security: gnome-screensaver VS. switch user

2011-02-13 Thread erikmccaskey64
People usually suspend their laptop, so that they can continue their work when they open the laptop. OK! Two choices [GNOME]: 1 - Menu -gt; Shut Down -gt; Suspend in this case, the gnome-screensaver locks the PC. but the gnome-screensaver is just a normal process, and it could be killed

Re: gnome screensaver crashes

2008-02-11 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:24 PM 2/10/2008, John L wrote: On a nice fresh install of FreeBSD 6.3 and gnome, gnome-screensaver crashes at X startup claiming that it can't talk to the dbus daemon, even though the daemon is running. Is this a known problem? It seems to be new in the latest version of X and/or Gnome

gnome screensaver crashes

2008-02-10 Thread John L
On a nice fresh install of FreeBSD 6.3 and gnome, gnome-screensaver crashes at X startup claiming that it can't talk to the dbus daemon, even though the daemon is running. Is this a known problem? It seems to be new in the latest version of X and/or Gnome

Re: gnome-screensaver as background?

2005-11-14 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it possible to use gnome-screensaver as a desktop background? I.e., on the root window with no screen blanking and no locking. It's certainly possible to do that directly with the graphics

gnome screensaver

2004-02-09 Thread Duane Winner
Hello, I've searched all over and posted a question to gnome mailing lists, and still don't have an answer to this annoyance. Hopefully somebody here might know a solution, even though this isn't freebsd-specific. How can I fix the gnome screensaver so that it utilizes my full 1280x1024 screen