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The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running in 0.0

Asked by dustbindiva

I installed screensavers and they are working except when I shut down and boot up again the screen is blank and when I look at the Screensavers it says XScreenSaver daemon not running, do you want to run it now? I always say OK but I still get this message every time I shut down and boot up again.

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samuel (samuel-h) said : 		#1

Go to the startup applications program and click add, put anything for the name and comment, but have the command as xscreensaver -nosplash
Then click save. Log out and in again to test.

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#2

I tried this already but I put "xscreensaver - no - splash" rather than "xscreensaver-nosplash"

does that matter ? I have no added it again in the format you gave. Let you know if it works.

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#3

It did not help to get rid of the error message which actually reads:

 The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running in 0.0

something like that

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#4

Please insert the format @samuel suggested .

xscreensaver --nosplash

this is the correct format of the command.

Thanks

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#5

I have tried that already and it doesnt stop the error message from showing up and my screen is blank rather than showing a screensver.

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#6

Is there a space after the word xscreensaver and before the hyphen ?

XSCREENSAVER -NOSPLASH or XSCREENSAVER-NOSPLASH ?

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Best N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#7

You must remove gnome-screensaver first.

See here:
http://www.howtogeek.com/114027/how-to-add-screensavers-to-ubuntu-12.04/

and yes there is a space after xscreensaver and before the hypen symbol. But no space after hypen.

You can just copy the command from here..

xscreensaver -nosplash

Thanks

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#8

All right, thank you for all your help