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Re: Xscreensaver Is Ignoring Config File

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Never mind. It was a case of me shooting myself in my own foot.

I am calling a script from ~/.xinitrc that is restoring an old copy of
~/.xscreensaver. My bad. Sorry for the noise.

-- 
Kent


On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:

> I have a ~/.xscreensaver file in my home directory.
>
> I am not starting the X GUI automatically (not even a login manager; just
> a plain text prompt).
>
> This ~/.xscreensaver file has the default hack specified as "1" (I've also
> tried other numbers), as in:
>
> mode:           one
> selected:       1
>
> But when I start X using the "startx &" command, and the screensaver kicks
> in, it kicks in as 99, and when I look in the ~/.xscreensaver file, it has
> been changed to 99, as in:
>
> mode:           one
> selected:       99
>
> If I exit X, and change that file back to "1" (or "12", or whatever"), and
> restart X again, again it shifts back to "99".
>
> So it seems pretty obvious to me that Xscreensaver is not reading my
> ~/.xscreensaver config file, but it is using that file to store its
> settings.
>
> Any suggestions as to how to get Xscreensaver to read my config file and
> ignore whatever configuration it's reading from elsewhere?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Kent West                    <")))><
> Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
>



-- 
Kent West                    <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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