qdbus /ScreenSaver Lock fails

[Rex Dieter]

David L wrote:

> I just upgraded to 13.10 and a script that used to work for me stopped
> working.  Specifically, I had a script that I ran from a cron job that
> locked the screen.  The script looks like this:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> export DISPLAY=:0.0
> export PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt4/bin:$PATH
> qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver Lock
> 
> The same thing happened after upgrading from Mint 15 to Mint 16.
> 
> Now I get this error when I use this previously working script from ssh or
> a cron job:
> 
> Service 'org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver' does not exist.
> 
> It still works from a local KDE session.
> 
> How do I get the old behavior back?  I used it to limit my kids screen
> time.

It shouldn't have ever worked if run from outside the kde session.  (ie, 
only processes inside the session have access to the session bus).

-- Rex


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