xscreensaver startup

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: xscreensaver startup
started by: PhilTheAlien

Posted by PhilTheAlien on July 22 2006,02:41

Do I need to add something to xinitrc to get xscreensaver running at startup?
At the moment I have to start it manually from MYDsl menu.

Posted by mikshaw on July 22 2006,04:01

Yes. Any application you want to auto-start with X should be added to .xinitrc. Look in .fluxbox/mydsl.menu (or .fluxbox/menu in DSL 2.2 or older) to see what command is used to start xscreensaver, and put that in .xinitrc, followed by "&" at the end of the line.

Posted by PhilTheAlien on July 22 2006,04:17

OK, thanks.

Posted by outer!s on April 16 2007,14:39

exaple plz write somebody =!
i adet to xini (at the begining altile bit lower then vnc..lines)
"xscreensaver /usr/bin/xscreensaver-demo &"
and screensavers daemon didnt starting..

Posted by mikshaw on April 16 2007,19:13

It looks like your command is incorrect, since you actually have two commands there. xscreensaver-demo is an interactive program, mainly written to configure/preview xscreensaver. You can start the daemon using this program, but it would require an extra manual step.

I think the command in xinitrc should be "xscreensaver &" or "/usr/bin/xscreensaver &". Either one should work.

Posted by jpeters on April 25 2007,06:55

Quote (mikshaw @ July 22 2006,00:01)

Look in .fluxbox/mydsl.menu (or .fluxbox/menu in DSL 2.2 or older) to see what command is used to start xscreensaver, and put that in .xinitrc, followed by "&" at the end of the line.

Cool; I was getting tired of "updating to gtk2"