[X2go-dev] screen saver extension

[rf at q-leap.de]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl> writes:

Hi Paul,

thanks for continued interest.

    Paul> Hello Roland, I asked some questions, you did not answer
    Paul> them. Maybe you can tell a bit more about your problem.

in my reply a couple of weeks ago, I wrote (see also below):

"I know, some screensavers don't use the X11 screen saver
 extension. But I need the program xprintidle to work which requires
 this extension (see Ubuntu/Debian package xprintidle)."

If you start the program xprintidle, you get the message:

$ xprintidle 
screen saver extension not supported

I need this program to work, because it will tell me the amount of X11 idle
time from which I trigger some actions for other programs when a certain
amount of idle time has passed.

So the fact that some screensavers work, unfortunately doesn't help,
since these obviously are programmed without needing the "X11 screen
saver extension".

All this comes back to the final question: Is it possible to activate
the extension (or other X11 extensions), and if yes how?

Thanks,

Roland

    Paul> I can remember I did some tests with the screensaver on both
    Paul> the client and in the session, but I did not see any problem.

    Paul> Maybe you mean something else then simply using a screensaver?
    Paul> I am not sure my screensaver is using the X11 screen saver
    Paul> extention.

    Paul> What is exactly this X11 screen saver extention and why do you
    Paul> need it?

    Paul> Are you using full-screen sessions or not, and what is you
    Paul> host-OS?

    Paul> With regards, Paul van der Vlis.


    Paul> rf at q-leap.de schreef:
    >> Hi again,
    >> 
    >> is it really possible that nobody knows how to do this or whether
    >> it is possible at all? I'd appreciate a short answer. Here the
    >> question again:
    >> 
    >> Is it possible to start x2go with the X11 screen saver extension
    >> enabled, and if yes, how?
    >> 
    >> Thanks,
    >> 
    >> Roland
    >> 
    >>>>>>> "Paul" == Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl> writes:
    Roland> Hi Paul,
    >> 
    Roland> thanks for your reply.
    >> 
    Roland> Hi, I searched the web and mailing list archives, but didn't
    Roland> find an answer to my question: Is it possible to start x2go
    Roland> with the X11 screen saver extension enabled? I'd need it to
    Roland> get X11 idle time on the command line.
    >> 
    Roland> does anybody have an idea about this, or is it just not
    Roland> possible with current versions of X2go?
    >> 
    Paul> I've never tried it. What happends if you enable the screen
    Paul> saver?  Do you mean a screensaver on the client or in the
    Paul> session on the server?
    >> 
    Paul> I've just tried it with the screensaver in the session
    Paul> enabled, and with a full-screen session. The screensaver did
    Paul> work without problems.
    >> 
    Roland> I know, some screensavers don't use the X11 screen saver
    Roland> extension. But I need the program xprintidle to work which
    Roland> requires this extension (see Ubuntu/Debian package
    Roland> xprintidle).
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    Paul> Met vriendelijke groet, Paul van der Vlis.




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