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Greetings I am running UBUNTU 12.04 and logging in on UBUNTU 3D. Wondering if anyone knows the definitive answer to getting xscreensaver to load at start-up? I have removed gnome screensaver, installed xscreensaver with no results.

I have tried adding start-up applications:

> xscreensaver –nosplash (with no results)

also executed: 

sudo gedit /etc/xdg/autostart/screensaver.desktop

with is output:

> [Desktop Entry]
> 
> Exec=xscreensaver
> 
> Name=XScreenSaver
> Blockquote
> 
> Type=Application
> 
> X-KDE-StartupNotify=false

(with no results)

Also when I manually open the screensaver I get this error:

The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on ":0". Launch it now?

I have also tried following the instructions here (top answer)

Any help is appreciated.

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I'm not sure if it's a typo, but you have xscreensaver –nosplash not xscreensaver -nosplash. (It should be a hyphen, not an en-dash.) – Sparhawk Mar 28 '14 at 22:52
    
I didn't see that. Wondering though if that oversight would actually disable the launching at startup? I did try just entering the command without the splash part and ha no success. I believe the problem is rooted in the daemon error though – Kalamalka Kid Mar 29 '14 at 3:33
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Ok, can you try testing that startup applications work (e.g. replace the xscreensaver command with something like date > /tmp/startup_script_out, and then check the file at /tmp/startup_script_out), and also check that the real command works (i.e. try manually running xscreensaver -nosplash in the terminal after startup). Also, you can test if xscreensaver is running with pgrep xscreensaver in the terminal. – Sparhawk Mar 29 '14 at 3:52
    
ok hang on. fixing somethign here – Kalamalka Kid Mar 29 '14 at 4:25
    
date > /tmp/startup_script_out was entered into start-up. But could see no such file in the /tmp/ folder. WHen I try to run the command xscreensaver I get the error: xscreensaver: 21:39:54: "gnome-screensaver" is already running on display :0.0 (window 0x2e00001) – Kalamalka Kid Mar 29 '14 at 4:40
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ok the answer is this: I had the WRONG directory for the applications. The path I had before was incorrect/. to determine which path was the correct one i executed:

**

$ which xscreensaver

**

which pointed out this was the path:

/usr/bin/xscreensaver

I put that in the command line in the startup menu application and it worked!

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In Xubuntu 14.04 I opened 

sudo mousepad /etc/xdg/autostart/screensaver.desktop,

and commented out the line

Exec=xscreensaver

to read

# Exec=xscreensaver

saved the file and restarted my computer. Result: screen saver doesn't start at all.

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