wwp wrote:
Hello Philip,
On Wed, 10 May 2006 23:28:00 -0600 Philip Prindeville <philipp_subx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there an issue with the "Lock screen" applet thingie that
plugs into the upper panel? I tried enabling it, and while
clicking on it brings up the screen saver, it doesn't seem to
lock the screen at all (not in a password-protected way).
I've checked "lock screen when screen saver is active".
Click "lock screen" on the applet's menu only brings up
the screen saver.
What am I missing?
Does `xscreensaver-command -lock` work (or gnome-screensaver-command)?
Regards,
Gnome-screensaver-command just puts the screen-saver up. It doesn't
prompt for a
password.
Is there a problem running gnome as root????
On the other hand:
# xscreensaver-command --lock
xscreensaver-command: no screensaver is running on display :0.0
which is to be expected, since I didn't fire off the xscreensaver daemon.
But when I try to do that:
# xscreensaver &
[1] 2653
# Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified
xscreensaver: Can't open display: :0.0
xscreensaver: initial effective uid/gid was root/root (0/0)
xscreensaver: running as nobody/nobody (99/99)
xscreensaver: This is probably because you're logging in as root. You
shouldn't log in as root: you should log in as a normal user,
and then `su' as needed. If you insist on logging in as
root, you will have to turn off X's security features before
xscreensaver will work.
Please read the manual and FAQ for more information:
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man.html
So... what am I missing?
-Philip
