[Solved/workaround] Can't start xscreensaver anymore o_O

Hi all~
Don't know, when this started, as it worked before ...
I even un- and reinstalled xscreensaver-arch-logo and plain xscreensaver. xscreensaver-demo starts though, but then the service (and the preview) does not! Ends with "check your $PATH and permissions". "cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep xscreensaver" shows nothing~ What the heck?
As usual, I have it started via ~/.xinitrc:
/usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash &
Maybe after trying xtrascreenhacks (from AUR). But when xscreensaver ran, either new settings in xscreensaver-demo or ~/.xscreensaver were ignored. Almost nothing except the additional "daisy" and "twinkle" themes were installed anyway, so I uninstalled the whole crap. -- That it had got something to do with it is just a guess.
When trying to start $ xscreensaver-blah ... from command line, it quits with e.g. "xscreensaver: 16:29:20: /var/log/xscreensaver.log: Permission denied" (log file is set up as said in the wiki) And of course root doesn't let me start the program.
Any idea would be great.
Last edited by cameo (2014-06-23 12:17:54)

Still don't know what's causing the trouble.
I managed to run the damn xscreensaver though
by finally editing ~/.xinitrc:
/usr/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash -log ~/.xscreensaver-log &
However, does anybody knows how to disable these nasty error or log messages on screen, when xscreensaver is running?

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