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Re: xscreensaver revisited
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Sun Feb 4 14:41:49 1996
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 14:37:47 -0500
To: davidz@MIT.EDU
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Sigh; please remember to cc netbsd-help on your responses...
Yeah, there's definitely some lossage here, still investigating.
--jhawk
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To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: xscreensaver revisited
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Feb 1996 13:34:47 EST."
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Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 14:28:10 EST
In message <199602041834.NAA11780@lola-granola.MIT.EDU>, jhawk@mit.edu writes:
>> I've had problems with xscreensaver before, here is another.
>
>I don't remember seeing mail from you about them in the past...
>
>> xscreensaver -L +icon
>>
>> does not work on netBSD, where it does on Linux.
>
>Please provide your xscreensaver-related X resources, and any scripts
>they may execute...
>
xscreensaver*geometry: -89-106
xscreensaver*lockCommand: zaway
xscreensaver*foreground: gold
xscreensaver*background: black
xscreensaver*useBackground: on
xscreensaver*autoLock: on
xscreensaver*lockMessage: Keep your pants on!
xscreensaver*font: 6x9
xscreensaver*icon.bitmap: /mit/davidz/bitmaps/musicnote
xscreensaver*float.bitmap: /mit/davidz/bitmaps/plant
and zaway is not a script, just the executable right out the sipb locker.
>> But on netbsd, it starts up, load itself and 'zaway' in the
>> background, and nothing happens. When another person zwrite you,
>> they get the answer from zaway, but the screen isn't locked.
>
>Sounds like whatever script or command xscreensaver is running isn't
>executing properly...
>
>--jhawk
