Package: xscreensaver
Version: 5.05-3
Severity: wishlist
I couldn't find anything in the man page (and haven't dug in to the
code yet) but I use xscreensaver to lock my laptop screen, and a "new
login" button is something I don't want to have. (This is distinct
from debbugs#304406 which suggests that it won't work anyway - I'm
looking for a configuration option, though I'd be happy to lose it
altogether too.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages xscreensaver depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.5-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.4-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-3 GNOME XML library
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.7-1 X11 pixmap library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.3-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii libxxf86misc1 1:1.0.1-3 X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii xscreensaver-data 5.05-3 data files to be shared among scre
Versions of packages xscreensaver recommends:
ii libjpeg-progs 6b-14 Programs for manipulating JPEG fil
ii perl [perl5] 5.10.0-13 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii wamerican [wordlist] 6-2.3 American English dictionary words
ii xli 1.17.0+20061110-2 command line tool for viewing imag
Versions of packages xscreensaver suggests:
ii conkeror [www-browser] 0.9~git080629-1 keyboard focused web browser with
pn fortune <none> (no description available)
ii iceweasel [www-browser] 3.0.1-1 lightweight web browser based on M
ii lynx-cur [www-browser] 2.8.7dev9-2 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup
pn qcam | streamer <none> (no description available)
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.2-2+b1 WWW browsable pager with excellent
pn xdaliclock <none> (no description available)
pn xfishtank <none> (no description available)
pn xscreensaver-gl <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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to Tormod Volden <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Jose Luis Rivas <[email protected]>.
(Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:39:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
> I couldn't find anything in the man page (and haven't dug in to the
> code yet) but I use xscreensaver to lock my laptop screen, and a "new
> login" button is something I don't want to have. (This is distinct
> from debbugs#304406 which suggests that it won't work anyway - I'm
> looking for a configuration option, though I'd be happy to lose it
> altogether too.)
You can change the newLoginCommand entry in
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver* to something that does not exist,
and the "New login" button should go away. Maybe removing that entry
does the trick also.
Hope this helps,
Tormod
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(Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: Re: Bug#499909: xscreensaver: new login button exists
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:53:36 +0200
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Tormod Volden wrote:
> You can change the newLoginCommand entry in
> /etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver* to something that does not exist,
> and the "New login" button should go away. Maybe removing that entry
> does the trick also.
Correction: I looked at the code and there is no run-time check
whether the binary exists,
the button is displayed if the newLoginCommand property has been set.
So you have to remove or
comment out that entry.
Tormod
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(Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:21:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: Re: Bug#499909: xscreensaver: new login button exists
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:20:52 +0100
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Tormod Volden <[email protected]> wrote:
> Correction: I looked at the code and there is no run-time check
> whether the binary exists,
> the button is displayed if the newLoginCommand property has been set.
> So you have to remove or
> comment out that entry.
The xscreensaver daemon checks if the property (X resource) has been
set and is not empty. So setting it to an empty value will get rid of
the New Login button:
echo "XScreenSaver.newLoginCommand: " | xrdb -merge ;
xscreensaver-command -restart
Individual users can put "XScreenSaver.newLoginCommand: " in their
~/.Xresources file.
Adding other configuration possibilities, for instance in the
preferences GUI, is not something I will look into. However, as you
may see in bug 349000 I have plans for getting rid of the
newLoginCommand default, and leave that to the desktop environment. So
if you are using KDE, and KDE defines this newLoginCommand, they can
provide a GUI option to disable this if they want.
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to Tormod Volden <[email protected]>:
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(Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:31:54 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).
Subject: Re: Bug#499909: xscreensaver: new login button exists
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:28:49 +0100
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Tormod Volden <[email protected]> wrote:
> Adding other configuration possibilities, for instance in the
> preferences GUI, is not something I will look into. However, as you
> may see in bug 349000 I have plans for getting rid of the
> newLoginCommand default, and leave that to the desktop environment. So
> if you are using KDE, and KDE defines this newLoginCommand, they can
> provide a GUI option to disable this if they want.
I meant to reference bug #304406 above, not 349000.
Tormod
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