Re: Starting xscreensaver

On Mon, 09 May 2005 15:22:10 -0700, Ken McLennan <[email protected]>  
wrote:

> G'day there Jerry,
>
>> I have Fluxbox 0.9.12 on Slackware 10.1. I'm trying to get xscreensaver  
>> to  start when fluxbox starts. If I put "xscreensaver &" (no quotes)in   
>> ~/.fluxbox/startup it doesn't start up. If I open an xterm and type in   
>> "xscreensaver" (no quotes), it will start up. I have searched the  
>> mailing  list and the forums and everybody says that "xscreensaver &"  
>> (no quotes)in  ~/.fluxbox/startup is supposed to work. But, I can't  
>> seem to get it to  work. Any help appreciated.
>
>
>     I'm not using fluxbox at the moment (new distro installation and  
> haven't got it installed), so I can't check. However the Man page for  
> xscreensaver gives instructions for how to get it running. I had it  
> going perfectly with Slackware 10.1 and WindowMaker by following the  
> instructions there. It tells you which files to modify and what to  
> include in them. Pretty simple really, only a couple of lines to add.  
> That should get it going fine. BTW, ~/.fluxbox/startup wasn't one of the  
> files mentioned =)

G'day Mate,

Well, here's the headscratching part. I'm at work right now trying to get  
it working a machine here. At home all I did was add the xscreensaver  
command to the ~/.fluxbox/startup script, and it worked right away. Here  
at work it won't work. Same Slackware, same fluxbox, just a different  
machine. I'm puzzled and stumped; don't know why it won't work just like  
at home???


>
> Hope you can fix it
> Ken
> Qld, Australia
>



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