FS#9776 - Xscreensaver fails to lock or start screensaver
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Arch Linux
Opened by Radu Potop (wooptoo) - Thursday, 06 March 2008, 21:01 GMT
Last edited by Greg (dolby) - Saturday, 17 May 2008, 16:00 GMT
Opened by Radu Potop (wooptoo) - Thursday, 06 March 2008, 21:01 GMT
Last edited by Greg (dolby) - Saturday, 17 May 2008, 16:00 GMT
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Description:
I recently upgraded to Xscreensaver 5.05-1. While the Xscreensaver daemon (xscreensaver -nosplash) starts, it doesn't respond to xscreensaver-command commands. So, if you try something like "xscreensaver-command -lock" it won't do anything. It gives no output either. I tried to (re)start it from the GUI (xscreensaver-demo) but it says that the daemon failed to (re)start. Steps to reproduce: pacman -S xscreensaver xscreensaver -nosplash & xscreensaver-command -lock |
This task depends upon
xscreensaver -verbose -no-splash &
xscreensaver-command -lock
You could also downgrade to 5.04 to see if the old package is still working fine. It could be possible that the problem comes from another package or system modification.
xscreensaver 5.05, copyright (c) 1991-2008 by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>.
xscreensaver: running as wooptoo/users (1000/100)
xscreensaver: in process 20639.
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: compensating for Xinerama braindamage:
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: 0: 1024x768+0+0 enclosed by 1024x768+0+0
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: 1: 1024x768+0+0 duplicated
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: running on display ":0.0" (0 Xinerama screens).
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: vendor is The X.Org Foundation, 10400090.
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: useful extensions:
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: MIT Screen-Saver (disabled at compile time)
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: Shared Memory
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: Double-Buffering
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: Power Management
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: GLX
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: XF86 Video-Mode
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: Xinerama
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: Resize-and-Rotate
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: Xinerama layout:
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: selecting RANDR events
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: consulting /proc/interrupts for keyboard activity.
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: selecting events on extant windows... done.
xscreensaver: 07:44:31: awaiting idleness.
$ xscreensaver-command -lock
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
I'll try 5.04 and post if it works.