How do I get Xscreensaver and the numlock key to come on when I login to
my windowmaker session?

I have tried googling for this, but failed to find anything that worked.

Simon

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:03:12 +0000, Bonzodog <Bonzodog0@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> How do I get Xscreensaver and the numlock key to come on when I login to
> my windowmaker session?
>
> I have tried googling for this, but failed to find anything that worked.

That depends, how are you starting X?

If you're booting in to the X runlevel (five, is it?) you'll have to
either edit the windowmaker command or set things up in Windowmaker to
automagically run commands for you.

If you're starting X normally, look for xinitrc, or more specifically,
~/.xinitrc.

Google around for something to toggle the numlock LED (AFAIK it's a
simple command, one I just can't remember right now). XScreensaver,
IIRC, can be loaded with a & at the end of it in whatever script you're
using to start X and it happily sits in the background.

Google should really be able to tell you all you want....

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pgp trash troll delete

> If you're booting in to the X runlevel (five, is it?) you'll have to
> either edit the windowmaker command or set things up in Windowmaker to
> automagically run commands for you.

Yes, but won't pgp interfere with that? Speaking of which, could
you please refrain in the future from the unwarranted use of pgp?
There is no reason to use it in this posting, it is frowned on by
the majority in the group, and the unwarranted use of pgp runs
counter to the group's established standards of netiquette.

Please show some respect for the other posters.

Thank you.

cordially, as always,

rm

On Wed, Dec 17 2003, in alt.os.linux.slackware,
Bonzodog <Bonzodog0@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> How do I get Xscreensaver and the numlock key to come on when I
> login to my windowmaker session?

Windowmaker has an autostart file that you might want to look at. Be
sure you pay attention to the comments in that file. Not everything
placed there will work as expected. See:

~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart

Mine has these commands and works like a charm:

xset m 40/10 2 &
nice -n 15 xscreensaver -no-splash &

Don't know how you would handle the numlock thing. Give google a
shot.

> I have tried googling for this, but failed to find anything that
> worked.

I can believe it due to its age. Seems windowmaker has had a rather
lively history.

BTW - If you're interested in getting WM sound to work, the slack
7/7.1 packages (wsoundprefs/wsoundserver) from linuxpackages still
work, but you'll have to make some modifications based on how those
binaries were compiled. Had problems with icons not appearing at the
bottom of the wsoundpref dialog although. But that's fine, at least
I got the sounds.

Has anyone out there actually compiled the above sound software for
WM under slack 9/9.1. I tried, but saw errors stating one thing or
another was too old. Wishing I was a programmer...

Max

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There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try and find it,
If there be none, never mind it.

Kto¶ podaj±cy siê za AthlonRob napisa³(-a):
[..]
> If you're booting in to the X runlevel (five, is it?) you'll have to
[..]

Well, is not. Actually this is fourth level in Slack.
Just to be exact

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Max <argos2112@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17 2003, in alt.os.linux.slackware,
> Bonzodog <Bonzodog0@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> How do I get Xscreensaver and the numlock key to come on when I
>> login to my windowmaker session?
>
> Don't know how you would handle the numlock thing. Give google a
> shot.
>

I use a program called numlockx.

I have no idea where I downloaded this originally. My copy of the tarball is dated Jul 9, 2001.
I just tried to google for it and did eventually locate a URL: http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx
(I couldn't seem to connect though.) I also found it at http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/numlockx/

If neither of those work for you, I could always e-mail it to you. The tarball is only 35K in size.

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Hexdump

On 12-24-2003, in alt.os.linux.slackware,
Hexdump <hexdump@geocities.com> wrote:

> Max <argos2112@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>> Don't know how you would handle the numlock thing. Give google a
>> shot.
>
> I use a program called numlockx.
>
> I have no idea where I downloaded this originally. My copy of the
> tarball is dated Jul 9, 2001.
> I just tried to google for it and did eventually locate a URL:
> http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx
> (I couldn't seem to connect though.) I also found it at
> http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/numlockx/
>
> If neither of those work for you, I could always e-mail it to you.
> The tarball is only 35K in size.

Thanks guy, but I'm not the OP [original poster]. I had no real
interest in dealing with the numlock thing. Hopefully, the OP is
still lurking around and can make use of this.

Max

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For every evil under the sun,
There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try and find it,
If there be none, never mind it.

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:14:40 +0000, Hexdump wrote:

<SNIP>
> I just tried to google for it and did eventually locate a URL: http://dforce.sh.cvut.cz/~seli/en/numlockx
> (I couldn't seem to connect though.)

I had the same problem. The site appears to be down.

> I also found it at http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/numlock

Yeah, thanks, got it from there, as the original tarball.

Simon

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Bonzodog wrote:

> How do I get Xscreensaver and the numlock key to come on when I login to
> my windowmaker session?
>
> I have tried googling for this, but failed to find anything that worked.
>
> Simon
>
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/mirror/M.../Mandrake/RPMS
numlock-2.0-8mdk.i586.rpm

Mandrake has this configured to run at boot time which is very convenient.

I have not tried this in Slack yet, but seems like you just neet to edit the
rc.local file to call the program. Give it a whirl. Good luck

Bonzodog wrote:

> How do I get Xscreensaver and the numlock key to come on when I login to
> my windowmaker session?
>
> I have tried googling for this, but failed to find anything that worked.
>
> Simon
>
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS
numlock-2.0-8mdk.i586.rpm

I'm sorry the last link was priviledged to Mandrake Club users. I found
this at rpmfind.net. You can also get the source there.