Unable to use saver_xscreensaver module about xsecurelock HOT 13 CLOSED

I no longer use xsecurelock or xscreensaver, i'm using just i3lock.

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I just saw the PKGBUILD and it states version 0.5 as its build version, which is "outdated" compared to the GitHub repository. I'll try doing a GitHub build...

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There is already a package for the stable version on AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xsecurelock/

However, the git version automatically updates to the latest state. Just the information on the AUR website is outdated as long as I do not update the package manually.

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Thanks @languitar for your feedback. I'll try out the stable AUR package.

Aside from that, building xsecurelock from the GitHub repository works just fine too, I suppose I was just on an outdated version. :)

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xsecurelock 1.8.0-1 is now in Arch Linux official community packages and this still does not work. I get same error: xsecurelock: Executable 'saver_xscreensaver' must be executable.

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Not sure which issue should be preferred (or new issue?): #126

Not sure which issue should be preferred (or new issue?): #126

xsecurelock 1.8.0-1 is now in Arch Linux official community packages and this still does not work. I get same error: xsecurelock: Executable 'saver_xscreensaver' must be executable.

@tuxy I just happened to be trying to get this to work today on Arch and had the same issue.

I can confirm that /usr/lib/xsecurelock/saver_xscreensaver does not exist in the package contents. I tried to build xsecurelock locally, and confirmed that even with xscreensaver installed, xsecurelock ./configure does not detect it and thus does not include saver_xscreensaver in the build. (I also tried to force it with a flag, and even though I was able to get saver_xscreensaver in the local package, xsecurelock was unable to use it, giving xsecurelock: No saver selected. Giving up.).

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Can confirm I am also having issues using 'saver_xscreensaver', via github install & AUR

@tuxy I just happened to be trying to get this to work today on Arch and had the same issue.

Update: @razor-x I did a re-install. Removed xsecurelock using sudo make uninstall. Then I ran the ./configure script with the additional flag --with-xscreensaver=/usr/lib/xscreensaver (reference: #126 (comment)). After make and make install, the saver_xscreensaver file was auto-generated. To test, running env XSECURELOCK_SAVER=saver_xscreensaver xsecurelock showed it as working.

If there is already a saver_xscreensaver file present within your xsecurelock folder, you can cd into that folder and sudo chmod +x saver_xscreensaver to make it an executable.

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So all that happened is that the directory changed?

Is it the same across distros or do we need to autodetect from multiple directories then?

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Everything works fine on Debian with this package and no changes to xsecurelock:

$ apt policy xscreensaver
xscreensaver:
  Installed: 6.02+dfsg1-2+b1
  Candidate: 6.02+dfsg1-2+b1
  Version table:
 *** 6.02+dfsg1-2+b1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

It still installs into /usr/libexec/xscreensaver though. Not sure if that's a Debian patch or still default.

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In that case lib vs libexec seems to depend on your installation method... For myself using a package manager (pacman) installed xscreensaver to /usr/lib/xscreensaver. Within xsecurelock's configs the referenced path is usr/libexec/xscreensaver so it makes sense that everything works fine as you mentioned.

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Can anyone try if that fix works?

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yeah, I think this fix works. My build without explicitly specifying the xscreensaver location can correctly detect xscreensaver at the default location.

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I'm running into this issue with the current Arch Linux extra/xsecurelock 1.8.0-1 package

File list:

xsecurelock /usr/
xsecurelock /usr/bin/
xsecurelock /usr/bin/xsecurelock
xsecurelock /usr/lib/
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/auth_x11
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/authproto_pam
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/dimmer
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/pgrp_placeholder
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/saver_blank
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/saver_mplayer
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/saver_mpv
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/saver_multiplex
xsecurelock /usr/lib/xsecurelock/until_nonidle
xsecurelock /usr/share/
xsecurelock /usr/share/doc/
xsecurelock /usr/share/doc/xsecurelock/
xsecurelock /usr/share/doc/xsecurelock/CONTRIBUTING
xsecurelock /usr/share/doc/xsecurelock/LICENSE
xsecurelock /usr/share/doc/xsecurelock/README.md
xsecurelock /usr/share/doc/xsecurelock/examples/
xsecurelock /usr/share/doc/xsecurelock/examples/saver_livestreams

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