xscreensaver not autostarting

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Siles
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xscreensaver not autostarting

#1 Post by Siles »

MX14 final running with KDE standard installed. KDE screensaver starts automatically at the appropriate time, but I can't get xscreensaver setup to auto-run. When I go to preview it tells me xscreensaver daemon is not running, do I want to start it. If I do then everything works. How do I autostart the daemon at bootup?

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Re: xscreensaver not autostarting

#2 Post by Jerry3904 »

A couple of ways are laid out under autostart in the Wiki
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Re: xscreensaver not autostarting

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I remember there's some package you need to integrate xscreensaver and the KDE screensaver engine...is kscreensaver-xscreensaver installed?

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Re: xscreensaver not autostarting

#4 Post by Siles »

Did not need a script. Added program per Stevo suggestion and then added xscreensaver -demo to Ststemsettingd autostart.

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