[2535] in RedHat Linux List
Re: xdm & screen saver?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Taylor)
Mon Nov 4 01:47:44 1996
To: Wayne Dyer <dwdyer@eskimo.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: dwdyer's message of Sun, 03 Nov 1996 14:40:45 -0800.
<199611032240.OAA27001@eskimo.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 22:44:32 -0800
From: Bob Taylor <brtaylor@qtpi.lakewood.ca.us>
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dwdyer@eskimo.com said:
> dwdyer
> I've just started booting to runlevel 5, and I've customized the xdm
> setup somewhat so it doesn't looks so ugly, and I *thought* I'd be able
> to have a screensaver run over xlogin by putting:
>
> exec xautolock -locker "xlock -nolock" &
>
> in my /etc/X11/Xsetup_0 file, but it doesn't ever activate. It is running,
> however. Am I stuck with this or does anyone know of a workaround?
After MUCH grief, I finally have xscreensaver working and exmh happy. What
I did that works is add to Xsetup_0 the following:
xhost +local:0.0 # turns off xauth?
PATH="$PATH:/usr/games" # Ack can't find fortune!
export PATH
xscreensaver -display :0.0 &
to make exmh happy (or any program barfing over xauth) to Xsession add:
xhost -local:0.0 # turn xauth back on?
xscreensaver-command -exit # Must die
and to ~/.Xclients the following:
export XAUTHORITY="$HOME/.Xauthority"
xscreensaver & # reborn
I merged the screensaver app-defaults file into the Xdefaults file.
Hope this helps as this took me hours fiddling and reading to do.
Bob
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