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Ok here is my problem. I have emerge xscreensaver and it works just fine when I type xscreensaver in a console. But I want the screensaver to autoload whenever I ...
  1. 04-12-2005 #1
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    xscreensaver and autoloading it to run under ICEwm and gent.

    Ok here is my problem. I have emerge xscreensaver and it works just fine when I type xscreensaver in a console. But I want the screensaver to autoload whenever I start ICEwm. This is not a big deal because all I have to type is one command. But it would be nice since I want the screensaver at all times if it would just do this for me. I'm sure it is a config file or something I have to tell to start the screensave daemon but I don't know where or what to put in this file. Any help much appreciated. thanx.
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    as root edit /etc/X11/xinitrc and at the bottom add "xscreensaver &"
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    Quote Originally Posted by variant
    as root edit /etc/X11/xinitrc and at the bottom add "xscreensaver &"
    i added it to ~/.fluxbox/init (i think) But as i ONLY use the GUI as my user that's fine for me
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    cool. thanks guys. I will try as soon as I get home.
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    sdously: he is not using fluxbox and it does not matter about having it in /etc/X11/xinitrc it will still run as a user and not root. that only makes it the default for all users on the system.

    of course you could cp /etc/X11/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc and have the settings for the user only.
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    yeh, i know that it will only affect the user in ~/ but as i say, i never log into X as root!
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    what does putting xscreensaver into /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc have to do with logging in as root? All it means is that the startx process run by whateve user startes in (not necasarily root) will read /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc first then ~.xinitrc for any applications it should run. I wont mean that xscreensaver is running as root.
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