org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver does not exist

[David L]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Mark Fraser  wrote:

> On Friday 27 Dec 2013 08:17:47 David L wrote:
> <snip>
> > In 13.04, it was working fine from cron.  Now it works from a terminal in
> > the local X session, but not from a remote ssh session or from cron.  It
> > gives this error now from ssh:
> >
> > Service 'org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver' does not exist.
> >
> > Any ideas how I can get it working again?
>
> Dave,
> Does the solution offered here https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314989
> help you?
>

The solution there was for a problem with unlocking... and in fact I was
already using something like that for unlocking.  My unlockscreen script
looks like this:

#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0.0
export PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin:$PATH
qdbus | perl -ne 'qx/kquitapp $1/ if /(kscreenlocker_greet-\d+)/'

If my kids finish their chores, I can unlock the screen from my office
through ssh using that script (which still works fine in 13.10).  The
problem is that once it's unlocked, it stays unlocked forever (that's how
long my kids would play minecraft ;) ) until I go over to the family room
and lock it.

Thanks,

           Dave
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