X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=driver%2Fxscreensaver.man;h=5d1cfd2b8846b11170bfabd1c1219e9865f6de4c;hb=13dbc569cdc6e29019722c0ef9b932a925efbcad;hp=77b960bb526c30a72637437e3c9def516d4f96be;hpb=8eb2873d7054e705c4e83f22d18c40946a9e2529;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/driver/xscreensaver.man b/driver/xscreensaver.man index 77b960bb..5d1cfd2b 100644 --- a/driver/xscreensaver.man +++ b/driver/xscreensaver.man @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ .if n .sp 1 .if t .sp .5 .. -.TH XScreenSaver 1 "02-Jan-2002 (4.00)" "X Version 11" +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "31-May-2002 (4.04)" "X Version 11" .SH NAME xscreensaver - extensible screen saver framework, plus locking .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -599,6 +599,11 @@ settings has no effect: many laptops have monitor power-saving behavior built in at a very low level that is invisible to Unix and X. On such systems, you can typically adjust the power-saving delays only by changing settings in the BIOS in some hardware-specific way. + +If DPMS seems not to be working with XFree86, make sure the "DPMS" +option is set in your \fI/etc/X11/XF86Config\fP file. See the +.BR XF86Config (5) +manual for details. .SH USING XDM(1) You can run \fIxscreensaver\fP from your .BR xdm (1) @@ -715,23 +720,20 @@ man pages for and .BR xhost (1). .SH USING GDM(1) -The instructions for using \fIxscreensaver\fP with -.BR gdm (1) -are almost the same as for using -.BR xdm (1), -above. There are only two differences, really: instead -of editing \fI/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup\fP, edit the -file \fI/etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default\fP; and instead of -editing \fI/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession\fP, edit one or all of the -files in the \fI/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/\fP directory. (Note that -the default session (\fI/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/Default\fP) usually -simply executes \fI/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession\fP, so be careful -you aren't initializing xscreensaver twice.) - -All the same caveats apply for +Using xscreensaver with .BR gdm (1) -as for -.BR xdm (1). +is easy, because gdm has a configuration tool. Just fire up +.BR gdmconfig (1) +and on the \fIBackground\fP page, type \fB"xscreensaver -nosplash"\fP into +the \fIBackground Program\fP field. That will cause gdm to run xscreensaver +while nobody is logged in, and kill it as soon as someone does log in. +(The user will then be responsible for starting xscreensaver on their +own, if they want.) + +In this situation, the \fIxscreensaver\fP process will probably be running +as user \fIgdm\fP instead of \fIroot\fP. You can configure the settings +for this nobody-logged-in state (timeouts, DPMS, etc.) by editing +the \fI~gdm/.xscreensaver\fP file. .SH USING CDE (COMMON DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT) The easiest way to use \fIxscreensaver\fP on a system with CDE is to simply switch off the built-in CDE screensaver, and use \fIxscreensaver\fP instead; @@ -839,6 +841,35 @@ This associates the VUE front panel ``Lock'' icon with the xscreensaver lock command. .RE .PP +.SH USING KDE (K DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT) +I understand that KDE has invented their own wrapper around xscreensaver, +that is inferior to +.BR xscreensaver-demo (1) +in any number of ways. I've never actually seen it, but I'm told that +this is the way you disable it: +.RS 4 +.TP 3 +\fB1: Switch off KDE's screen saver.\fP +Open the ``\fIControl Center\fP'' and +select the ``\fILook and Feel / Screensaver\fP'' page. +Turn off the ``\fIEnable Screensaver\fP'' checkbox. +.TP 3 +\fB2: Find your Autostart directory.\fP +Open the ``\fILook and Feel / Desktop / Paths\fP'' page, +and see what your ``Autostart'' directory is set to: it will +probably be \fI~/.kde3/Autostart/\fP or something similar. +.TP 3 +\fB3: Add xscreensaver to your startup programs.\fP +Create a file in your autostart directory +called \fIlaunch-xscreensaver\fP. Make that file be executable, +and contain a single line: \fI``xscreensaver\fP''. +.RE +.PP +Now use xscreensaver normally, controlling it via the usual +.BR xscreensaver-demo (1) +and +.BR xscreensaver-command (1) +mechanisms. .SH ADDING TO MENUS The .BR xscreensaver-command (1) @@ -1235,10 +1266,6 @@ in the X protocol. In all these years, I've not heard of even a single case of this happening, but it is theoretically possible, so I'm mentioning it for completeness... -.TP 8 -.B Red Hot Lava -There need to be a lot more graphics hacks. In particular, there should be -a simulation of a Lavalite (tm). .SH ENVIRONMENT .PP .TP 8