Where is xfce4-screensaver started

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2022, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:

> On  8. March 2022 Jarno Suni <sunijarno at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If xfce4-screensaver is installed, it will be started even if it is
>> not set in "Application Autostart" tab of  "Session and Startup"
>> dialog. That breaks user's ability to configure which screensaver to
>> use. So where it is started? Which project is responsible for starting
>> it?
>
> IMHO, xfwm starts xflock4, which is a fairly simple shell script that
> looks for a few popular screensavers. The first one found gets started.

I've not followed this thread so perhaps I don't understand the issue. When
the screensaver starts does not affect which screen saver image is used, in
my experience. Using Settings -> Screensaver allows the user to select the
pattern and timing for the tool to use and when to take effect.

Rich