[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


Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org> changed:

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--- Comment #13 from Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org>  2009-01-15 06:59:14 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> Frankly, I don't want Xfce to support anything but xscreensaver out of the box.

Xfce already “supports” gnome-screensaver. xinitrc and xflock4 both run
gnome-screensaver *first* if it's installed. There's a patch lying around in
bugzilla for making xflock4 activate the *running* screensaver, btw.

Oh, and “forcing” -mode blank for xlock seems to be secure for me. I do that on
my own boxes, where I replace this in xflock4.

(In reply to comment #12)
> (In reply to comment #11)
> > Whether or not you've had a problem with it is irrelevant to whether or not the
> > app is generally secure.  My opinion and plan stands.
> 
> True in that it is not xscreensaver's fault that it is not called after resume. 
> 
> One thing to keep in mind, if screensaver is started in 'autostarted
> applications': If user wants to run also xflock4 there*, the former should be
> started first. (One way to do it would be to put them both in a same script.)

xflock4 is just a wrapper to lock the screen. It won't “run” any daemon. It'll
start by trying to activate gnome-screensaver, then xscreensaver, and if none
of them are present, try to run xlock. Which is not a screensaver but a locker,
with no daemon running.

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