On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 08:24, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > On 8 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 11:41, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > > > On 7 Nov 2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 2001-11-07 at 16:15, George Karaolides wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I'm running woody, using the icewm window manager. > > > > > > > > > > I can start xscreensaver from the command line, and I need to get it > > > > > to > > > > > start when I log in (from wdm). I've tried to put "xscreensaver > > > > > -no-splash &" in my ~/.xsession file without success. > > > > > > > > Does the xscreensaver line come before or after the icewm line in > > > > .xsession? Please show relevant config files (.xsession) and output > > > > (.xsession-errors) if this is not the case. > > > > > > > > --mike > > > > > > This is .xsession-errors; the last line is the result of my trying to lock > > > the screen from the icewm menu entry ( I saw it happen using tail -f). > > > > > > icewm: Bad option: TaskBarShowPPPStatus > > > icewm: Bad option: IgnoreNoFocusHint > > > icewm: Bad option: ShowXButton > > > icewm: Bad option: WindowListFontName > > > icewm: Warning: Could not load font ''. > > > icewm: Warning: Could not load font ''. > > > xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0 > > > > > > The only line in my .xsession file reads: > > > > > > xscreensaver & > > > > > > I have tried giving the absolute path, and renaming the file to .Xsession, > > > without result. > > > > > > > Does /etc/X11/Xsession.options have allow-user-xsession? > > Yes. > > > Which X version are you running? > > 4.1.0-8 > > > What do /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager > > and /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager point to? > > /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -> /usr/bin/X11/icewm > > /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager does not exist. Should it, and if > yes, what should it point to?
It should only point to something if you have an x-session-manager installed. If you don't there's no point in having it exist. > > Maybe wdm is the missing link here, I don't use them so I don't > > know if it re-reads your .xsession once it logs you in. Perhaps > > the man page for it has something to say. > > > > Have you also tried making your .xsession: > > xscreensaver & > > exec icewm (or whatever the command is, I don't know) > > I'll try that next. > Hope it's working now. --mike
