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scales

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Registered: 2008-07-16

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gnome-screensaver with xfce4

I am running xfce4 and gdm and have installed gnome-screensaver.  How can i get it to work automatically?  I can us it to lock the screen by issuing a command, or activate it via the command line, but it wont work on its own...suggestions?

scales

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 22

Re: gnome-screensaver with xfce4

UPDATE:

I have found that if i run "gnome-screensaver" from a shell, it should start a daemon.  I get this error though

** (gnome-screensaver:8559): WARNING **: Failed to get session presence proxy: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SessionManager': no such name

Thoughts?

scales

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 22

Re: gnome-screensaver with xfce4

UPDATE:

i have posted the complete output of gnome-screensaver when i run gnome-screensaver --no-daemon --debug (yes i know i must keep the shell open then for the program to work) http://pastebin.com/m485731a5

i have also noticed that even though i remove xscreensaver.desktop from the /etc/xdg/autostart/ and from /home/myname/.config/autostart/ but somehow xscreensaver is triggered and found running upon startup.  anyone have any hints?

Last edited by scales (2009-07-22 14:26:55)

coolaman

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Registered: 2008-07-28

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Re: gnome-screensaver with xfce4

Look at /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc and change this line :

if test $UID -gt 0 -a -z "$VNCSESSION"; then 
    if test x"`which xscreensaver 2>/dev/null`" != x""; then
        xscreensaver -no-splash &
    elif test x"`which gnome-screensaver 2>/dev/null`" != x""; then
        gnome-screensaver &
    fi
fi

to

if test $UID -gt 0 -a -z "$VNCSESSION"; then 
    if test x"`which gnome-screensaver 2>/dev/null`" != x""; then
         gnome-screensaver &
    elif test x"`which xscreensaver 2>/dev/null`" != x""; then
         xscreensaver -no-splash &
    fi
fi

scales

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 22

Re: gnome-screensaver with xfce4

ahh. good that removed xscreensaver from starting.  However, i am still having trouble with gnome-screensaver.  it start upon boot, however if i kill it or dont have it start at boot and try and run it later from the command line, it still spits out this warning:
** (gnome-screensaver:9363): WARNING **: Failed to get session presence proxy: Could not get owner of name 'org.gnome.SessionManager': no such name

PS. sorry my previous link to pastebin was goofed, i have fixed it now.
http://pastebin.com/m485731a5

so anyone know what that error means?

Last edited by scales (2009-07-22 14:27:20)

scales

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Registered: 2008-07-16

Posts: 22

Re: gnome-screensaver with xfce4

according to this link http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs … 67071.html gnome-session must be installed? I know that isnt a requirement since other distros ie. crunchbang use gnome-screensaver without gnome.  hummmmmm

EDIT:  More news.  looks like there is definately some dependency on gnome-session:
http://theclarkfamily.name/blog/gnome_s … agers.html

Last edited by scales (2009-07-22 14:44:08)