[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 3578] option to not start xscreensaver when starting xfce4

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http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3578





--- Comment #23 from Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org>  2009-02-10 10:27:09 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #22)
> (In reply to comment #21)
> > If an user want to *lock* the screen he has to make sure the screensaver is
> > started before, sure. But I don't think this corner case should affect all
> > other users.
> 
> If a customized xinitrc is used under user's home directory, it affects only to
> that user's xfce startup. Do you think the selection of screensaver to use
> should affect to all users? (Locking could be done by using the xflock4 script,
> that can be programmed to use the daemon that is already running.)

The thing is, autostarted applications are way easier to edit than xinitrc, for
the end-user. I don't know if gnome-screensaver already ship a .desktop
autostart file, and I guess xscreensaver doesn't, but they could be shipped by
Xfce, disabled by default, and user only has to choose which one he wants.
There's xdg-screensaver too, but it's apparently quite insecure, and basically
falls back to xscreensver under Xfce anyway.

> I am afraid you can't do that by xscreensaver of gnome-screensaver. Do you
> think there is a risk doing the lock command as a next command after starting a
> daemon?

I don't know, but I'd say that's something which should be designed/implemented
in the screensaver themselves.

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