On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 12:58:23PM -0400, Boruch Baum wrote:
> Just looking at issues with the devuan default desktop's screensave, and
> its config file: ~/.xscreensaver file, posted here for the attention of
> the maintainers and the interest of members of the list.
>
> 1] Obnoxious nag messages - All logins to the devuan default desktop
> begin with not one but two separate nag messages from xscreensaver. The
> first "warns" the user that the version is out of date. The second
> "warns" the user that the sysadmin is doing a dis-service by keeping it
> out of date.
>
> 2] forced config screen - after the two obnoxious nag messages, one is
> forced to be confronted with the xscreensaver customization screen

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=819703

It's a time bomb by xscreensaver's upstream author. And like micq before,
it looks like xscreensaver needs to be replaced or forked. Obviously, using
gnome-screensaver is not an option as that pulls in a good part of Gnome3
including systemd.

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