The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on display ':0.0'. It must be stopped for XScreenSave to work properly. The GNOME screensaver daemon appears to be running Originally my autostart had a line xscreensaver -no-splash. Linux user 403491 'Men have called me mad but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence whether much that is glorious whether all that is profound does not spring from disease of thought from moods of mind. xscreensaver -no-splash xset s off xset -dpms xset s noblank unclutter point-rpi.

50.7k 41 41 gold badges 197 197 silver badges 360 360 bronze badges. When I launch Applications / Tools / Screensaver I receive a dialog box that states Put 'xscreensaver -no-splash &' in /.xinitrc Works. xrdb -load /.Xresources killall xscreensaver xscreensaver -no-splash & Then press Ctrl-Alt-L, and stare into the unblinking eye of infinity. I'm using GNOME as my desktop environment. One minor problem I can't seem to get past and I'm hoping that you can help is with getting xscreensaver running. I'm running Mageia 2 32-bit in a virtual image to shake out any upgrade, migration problems from Mageia 1 which I'm currently using very happily.

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