[X2go-dev] screen saver extension

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

Hi Paul,


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.

    >>> does anybody have an idea about this, or is it just not 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.

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).

Thanks,

Roland




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