[3044] in SIPB bug reports
xscreensaver problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wchuang@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jul 14 20:01:43 1992
From: wchuang@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 92 19:59:51 -0400
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
A user in OLC reported the following problem:
> I've been experiencing problems when I tried to lock my screen from
> the xscreensaver icon. I got the following message in the console window:
>
> xscreensaver: Giving up on screen locking.
> 12:16 xscreensaver: To force screen locking, run xscreensaver again
> 12:16 xscreensaver: with the "-requireHotkey" option.
> 12:17 opening hft: Permission denied
> 12:17 xscreensaver: error disabling HFT hot key.
> 12:17 xscreensaver: Giving up on screen locking.
> 12:17 xscreensaver: To force screen locking, run xscreensaver again
> 12:17 xscreensaver: with the "-requireHotkey" option.
> 16:08 opening hft: Permission denied
> 16:08 xscreensaver: error disabling HFT hot key.
> 16:08 xscreensaver: Giving up on screen locking.
> 16:08 xscreensaver: To force screen locking, run xscreensaver again
> 16:08 xscreensaver: with the "-requireHotkey" option.
>
> I have never had this problem before.. help!
and I told him to check for the HFT:
> *** Reply from consultant wchuang@AIR-TRAFFIC-CONTROLLER.MIT.EDU [3].
> [Tue 14-Jul-92 4:16pm]
> Hello, Daniel...
>
> That's a very interesting error...
>
> Try hitting the Control and Alt keys on the right side of the
> spacebar at the same time, and see if it switches to another
> screen. To get back to your normal session, do it again.
>
> --- User warsaw read reply.
> [Tue 14-Jul-92 4:17pm]
>
> *** Reply from user warsaw@M37-332-4.MIT.EDU [0].
> [Tue 14-Jul-92 4:18pm]
> Nope.. nothing happened.
I noted the -requireHotkey option, but was wondering whether or not you
could put code in to check whether or not the HFT was actually there.
This would work around those cases where the HFT sometimes doesn't exit.
Otherwise, you can ignore this :)
-William
