[openbox] xscreensaver can't find itself

Question

The command "xscreensaver -no-splash &" is in my openbox autostart file. First I check that xscreensaver is running:
pidof xscreensaver
3501
It seems all right to me, so:
xscreensaver-command -lock
Nothing happens and .xsession-errors says:
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
Second try: I run xscreensaver-demo in debug mode from a terminal, and it displays a popup saying:
The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on display ":0.0". Launch it now?
I click "OK" and after a few secs another pop up tells me:
Error: the xscreensaver daemon did not start up properly. Please check your $PATH and permissions.
After closing xscreensaver-demo, I can read in the terminal:
xscreensaver: 17:56:49: DISPLAY=:0.0
xscreensaver: 17:56:49: added "/usr/lib/xscreensaver" to $PATH
No errors are reported.
Then, if I check again if xscreensaver is running, I find two processes:
pidof xscreensaver
7832 3501
Since I tried even in KDE, I don't think this is strictly openbox related (and on a different PC works fine).
Does someone have a clue?
Last edited by daneel971 (2009-09-03 20:14:28)

Answer 1

s3kt0r wrote:what do you mean "all the lines are commented", on xinitrc? Try placing '/usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash' ; Even if you use a LM to start X, it's going to run anything from xinitrc, isn't that right?
All the lines are commented (by default) because there's no need for .xinitrc if you use a login manager. I simply left it untouched.
The file is executed even when you use a LM, true, being called via .xsession - in this case you don't need to put the line that run your De/WM in it.
I did try to add xscreensaver as suggested, but it didn't work.
Another thing you could try to do is to reinstall xscreensaver. Are you using latest version?
I just updated the package, but nothign changed.