Re: [gentoo-user] xscreensaver new-login button

[Grant]

> > I've been reading that there is supposed to be a new-login button that
> > appears on a locked screen if xscreensaver is compiled with
> > +new-login.  I've tried xscreensaver 4.24 and 5.00 both with
> > +new-login, but neither displays a new-login button on the locked
> > screen.  This Debian bug describes and solves the problem, but if
> > references a config in ~/.xscreensaver that doesn't seem to exist in
> > mine:
> >
> > http://bugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=336590
> >
> > Does anyone know how to make that new-login button appear?
>
> Frankly I have no idea. Previously there was another poster which had
> this problem.
> I am on xscreensaver 4.24 and I have the new-login button.
>
> [ebuild   R   ] x11-misc/xscreensaver-4.24  USE="gnome jpeg krb4
> new-login nls offensive opengl pam -insecure-savers -kerberos -xinerama"
> 0 k
>
> I DIDN't do anything!
>
> Looking at the bug-report and the contents of the file
>
> $grep -i newlogin  /etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver -B4
>
> ! This command is executed by the "New Login" button on the lock dialog.
> ! (That button does not appear if this program does not exist.)
> !
> *newLoginCommand:       /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver

That line:

*newLoginCommand:       /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver

was:

! *newLoginCommand:       /usr/bin/gdmflexiserver

for me so I changed it and now it's working.  I definitely didn't
comment that manually.  Thanks for the help.

- Grant
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