[openbox] auto-starting xscreensaver

[Robbie Smith]

On 15/02/13 03:49, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I dropped a xscreensaver-daemon.desktop file in ~/.config/autostart and
> xscreensaver is listed when doing:
>
> marcus:~% /usr/lib/openbox/openbox-xdg-autostart --list OPENBOX
> [*] XScreensaver
>            File: /home/ldm/.config/autostart/xscreensaver-daemon.desktop
>            Executes: xscreensaver -nosplash
>
> Yet no xscreensaver daemon is started, event after restarting gdm3.
>
> Where should I look?
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The simplest (though non-XDG) way is to edit ~/.config/openbox/autostart 
and add the following two lines:

xscreensaver-command -exit &
xscreensaver -no-splash &

The first kills a running instance (such as when you log out and log 
back in), and the second starts a new one.