xscreensaver startup
 

Is there a way to automate xscreensaver so that it will load the needed Daemon by itself? I have it loading in the "startup" app but it needs me to manually load the Daemon each time I boot up. :( Bummer. I am running Mint 18.3 Mate and it seems that it is all fairly new and up to date.

Thanks!

Greetings,

Well, one thing you can try is to use an xscreensaver-command command with the "-restart" flag, and try adding that to your .[bash_]profile, perhaps?

HTH. Let us know.

Thank you. Please tell this newbie how to find the "bash" file and please offer all the details. This sounds like a good fix. I promise to try my best at this.

Rev. Larry

I searched for .[bash_]profile and found nothing, also searched for .bash_profile and found only dot.bash_profile. Added as you suggested to it and nothing improved. Sorry. I must be doing something wrong. Any further suggestions? Please.

ShadowCat 8,

Does "HTH" mean Here To Help? If not please tell me what it means.

Thank you.

P.S. I am still working on the xscreensaver thing.

Greetings again,

I'm sorry that didn't work... but, yes, I was referring to the ".bash_profile" file in your home directory, which should be sourced every time you log in. And, "HTH" means "Hope That Helps".

I might have missed something in the way that xscreensaver installs on MATE.

I assume you have already read the thread on the Linux Mint forums called [MATE]How to properly set up XScreensaver and are still having this issue?

HTH. Let us know.

Yes, I've read all that I could find. I just now wrote the creator of the app itself. Lets give it a few days and see if I get any formal advice. I thank you for your effort and patience.

May God bless you,

Rev. Larry

Sorry that it took so long for me to reply to this advice. I tried this in both of my dot.bash and my bashrc.
Sadly no effect at all. Is there anything else I could try?

Thank you.

Could you describe how you set it up in the startup app?

Also be aware that its creator can have weird behaviour sometimes

Startup shows command as follows:

xscreensaver --no-splash

Please offer any suggestion.

I also tried xscreensaver --nosplash with the same results - nothing. :(

The command is:
To change settings:

Tried as suggested but still have to click the daemon thing. Is there any way to automate this startup?

Create a text file, name it xscreensaver.desktop, write (type or copy /paste) content:
Then copy it in /etc/xdg/autostart

see if it works

OK. I made the text file (copy and paste) and saved it as screensaver.desktop, then I went searching for "etc/xdg/autostart", found nothing. Then searched for *autostart and then etc/xdg - still nothing. Is it a hidden file/directory? Please keep in mind that I am running Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia. I am not done trying and I appreciate your advice.

Thank you kind Guru!

it's sometimes also called "startup applications" or some such.
every decent desktop environment has a gui for that, must be hidden in the menu somewhere.
maybe under "session" or "desktop preferences".