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Bug 330347 - documentation for starting gnome-screensaver
documentation for starting gnome-screensaver
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: GARNOME
Classification: Deprecated
Component: general
2.13.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GARNOME Maintainers
garnome list
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-02-08 03:46 UTC by Slobodan D. Sredojevic
Modified: 2006-03-19 02:08 UTC
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Description Slobodan D. Sredojevic 2006-02-08 03:46:00 UTC
Please describe the problem:
With the 2.14 release we will have new gnome-screensaver,
fast-user-switch-applet, lock screen applet stack that works and integrates with
gdm.

This is basically a call to add some info to already very nice and helpfull
documentation at http://www.gnome.org/projects/garnome/docs.html about ways of
starting gnome-screensaver (i.e adding it to the "Startup Programs" via
Desktop --> Preferences --> Sessions ) or to garnome-session script. We also
lack that info atm. for the gnome-volume-manager (auto mounting) too.

Also I have one problem atm with it when using garnome 2.13.90:
If I start it with "gnome-screensaver --no-daemon" in terminal and click on
"Lock Screen" applet on panel or Lock Screen item at Desktop menu, a screensaver
starts but doesn't offer password dialog as I expect at all. It gives
warning/error message in terminal:

(process:3141): gnome-screensaver-WARNING **: Couldn't get password of "slobo"

(process:3141): gnome-screensaver-WARNING **: Couldn't get password of "root"

(gnome-screensaver-dialog:3141): gnome-screensaver-WARNING **: Screen locking di
sabled: error getting password

I also expect lock screen password dialog when using fast-user-switch-applet and
come back to old session but it doesn't appear.

Am I missing something or this is bug in gnome-screensaver?

Steps to reproduce:
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Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Bob Kashani 2006-02-21 20:33:56 UTC
gnome-screensaver doesn't need any docs. It should just work. It works fine for me. Did you start dbus/hal as specified on the docs page/README? gnome-volume-manager also uses hal so it should just work as well.
Comment 2 Bob Kashani 2006-03-16 02:09:21 UTC
Please read the README section on starting DBus/HAL. Once DBus/HAL are running things should "just work".
Comment 3 Wendell MacKenzie 2006-03-19 02:08:29 UTC
Update your startup script that launches your display manager.  I had the same problem.  I was using the Gnome 2.12.2 (SUSE) version of the display manager along with the 2.14 version of the gnome-screensaver. This caused my similar issue.

Modify the script to use the garnome version of gdm. Then launch the gnome-screensaver with dbus-launch.

That should fix the problem...did for me.

Regards,
Wendell  Mackenzie