Hi all,
I seem to be getting real confused lately.
I'm trying to run xscreensaver when I log in by doing something like
AddToFunc "InitFunction"
+ "I" Exec exec xscreensaver -timeout 1
+ "I" Wait *screensaver
But after loging in I find that it is not running. I've tried various
combinations of using Wait and not, using just Exec and using the
combination Exec exec, all to no avail. Strangely though, It can be run
from the menu options. Looking at the .fvwm2rc file I find that the menu
option is doing something like this:
# The following is added by package: xscreensaver
AddToMenu AUTO_WM_CONFIG.Amusements.Screen_Savers "xscreensaver
(1min time out)" Exec xscreensaver -timeout 1 -cycle 1 &
I should mention that I am using a RedHat system. I could use the & also,
but the man page for fvwm2 says NOT to do so. Can someone please tell me
_why_ we should not use an & like done above?
Thanks Much,
Tom
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Thomas Gardiner
gardiner_at_pas.rochester.edu
University of Rochester
Department of Physics and Astronomy
P. O. Box 270171
Rochester, NY 14627-0171
(716) 275-9625 Office 2
(716) 275-0537 Office 1
(716) 275-8527 fax
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because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature
were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.- Henri Poincare
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Received on Wed Jul 14 1999 - 23:23:41 BST