xscreensaver is sucking like never before

[cheesecake42]

For the first time, i took the default screensaver off of my ubuntu system and installed xscreensaver. I've never had a problem with this on any other distro, but for some reason i can't access any settings for it. There's no launcher on any of my menus and if i type it in the terminal it tells me it's already running. The only way i can access my screensaver settings is by ending the process (which ends up sending me back to the login splash) and restarting it in the terminal. Any ideas of what can be going on?

[beagle2]

Take a look at this - http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man1.html , xscreensaver-demo should be the command you are looking for.

[cheesecake42]

i guess it's not responding well with gdesklets running. I turned them off and now it opens fine.

[cheesecake42]

nevermind, it's still crashing even with gdesklets turned off

[cheesecake42]

any ideas?

[oz]

Not sure it will solve your problem, but look at this HowTo that tells how to replace Gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver:

http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Gnomescreensaver_tweaks

Hope it helps...

oz

[cheesecake42]

ok, nothing fixed the problem i had with xscreensaver, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled the gnome screensaver program...and now this program is causing the system to reboot.

[Krendoshazin]

I don't use screensavers, but I do make the monitor power off after the computer has been idle for a while, I thought you might be interested in this as an alternative.
In xorg.conf (usually /etc/X11/xorg.conf), find the section for your monitor;

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

DPMS (Display Power Management System) is what makes the monitor power off, and come back and you make an action such as moving the mouse.