Disabling screensaver

[ben]

On Saturday 20 April 2002 04:30 pm, Joe Klemmer wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-04-20 at 19:13, manny rosa wrote:
> > Hey, I've noticed the window manager starts up
> > xscreensaver. Is there a way to disable that?
> > xscreensaver sometimes tends to cause repainting
> > problems when I unlock it. My screen is copied
> > multiple times all over the place. Anyway, I'd like to
> > use xlock instead. It works better for me.
>
> 	Just comment the xscreensaver line out in you ~/.xinitrc file.

good question, but what if this file doesn't exist?

ben