Re: xscreensaver on GuixSD

[Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be>]

From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: Re: xscreensaver on GuixSD
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:47:47 +0200

>> Strangely, after creating a ~/.xsession file, I wasn't able to log 
>> in
>> to my gnome session anymore (though I didn't investigate this 
>> further
>> and just deleted ~/.xsession again).
>
> Maybe you forgot “chmod +x ~/.xsession”?

Obviously I did, case closed ;-)

>> What did work was to create a .desktop file in ~/.config/autostart.
>> I've attached it here for future reference ;-)
>>
>> [Desktop Entry]
>> Name=Screensaver
>> Type=Application
>> Exec=xscreensaver -nosplash
>
> Interesting, I wonder what piece of software reads this file.  Maybe
> xfce-session and gnome-session?

I don't know, but apparently it's a freedesktop standard.

https://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html

Another method: if you create a .desktop file in one of the standard 
locations (don't know by heart where those are, some subdirectory of 
/etc, and there's a directory somewhere in $HOME, too, I think), the 
application will be available as a choice in the 'Startup 
Applications' menu of gnome-tweak-tool.

Thomas