I don't know about 1. - I'm using gnome-session and it seems to start the screen saver automatically. About 2.: It would probably be best to make the variable available globally. /etc/profile is a good choice for that.
HTH, Juergen Cameron Matheson wrote: > Hey, I have two easy questions about xscreensaver: 1. How can I > make it load automatically (without starting the deamon from the menu > everytime)? 2. I have the GL screensavers turned on, but I get > errors about not setting my MESA_GLX_FX variable. Right now I have it > so that it sets it in my bashrc. What would be a better (global) file > to put that it so all programs could take advantage of > it? Thanks,Cameron Matheson