Blanking of the screen or filling with moving images when computer not in use.
1
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1answer
265 views
Configure screensaver in 13.04
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04.
How do I configure the screensaver? I can see that gnome-screensaver is running.
0
votes
0answers
31 views
Login from Screensaver not working (Ubuntu 12.04)
I'm working on a Lenovo ThinkPad SL510 with Ubuntu 12.04 installed and got a weird problem that's driving me nuts. When I close the lid and try to login afterwards, my password won't get accepted. ...
0
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1answer
264 views
Cool 3D Ubuntu 13.04 wallpapers [closed]
I am looking for some cool 3D wallpapers. I am new to Ubuntu, so if anyone knows a couple of 3D wallpapers, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
0
votes
0answers
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Xubuntu: How can I avoid the double-password entry (lightdm then xscreensaver) on user switching?
I'm running Xubuntu raring with lightdm and xscreensaver. Both users on the system have xscreensaver set to lock the screen after n minutes. However, when I click "switch user" (or do gdmflexiserver ...
0
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0answers
17 views
ubuntu unity launch screensaver with hotcorners
after looking all around I cannot find a way to launch the screensaver as soon as the mouse is located on a corner of the screen using "hotcorners".
Is this functionality builtin and if yes how can I ...
0
votes
1answer
76 views
How to stop screen going black after 10 min
My OS is Lubuntu 13.04. After 10 mins of inactivity the screen goes black. What I did to stop it without effect:
uninstalled xscreensaver completely
in power setting I set to never blank the screen
...
0
votes
1answer
59 views
ATI card (Radeon HD 5850) forced screensaver settings
I just installed an ATI graphics (Radeon HD 5850) to my desktop swapping my nVidia GTS250. I noticed it turns off the output if idle for 2 minutes, Even if I was running a video! unless the ...
1
vote
0answers
22 views
Turn screen off when no motion in front of webcamera
Is it possible to automatic turn screen off when there is no motion detected in front of webcamera for X minutes ?
Can i use
sudo service motion start
and
xset dpms force on/off
somehow ...
0
votes
1answer
17 views
kde profiles for home, work movie watching etc
Is there a way to configure different KDE config modes for different profiles?
when i am watching a movie i don't want to see a screen saver or lock screen, but when working at my PC i want to start a ...
2
votes
1answer
48 views
How can I identify the name of the last played xscreensaver?
Is there a way to identify the name of which screensaver was last playing an xscreensaver session? Is there a log or of which screensaver played last in xscreensaver, in a scriptfile or on the system ...
1
vote
0answers
80 views
display power saver logs me out
I recently got a second display. I am attempting to set it up so the two displays are in TwinView, with one landscape and one portrait orientation. After getting everything to work the way I wanted, ...
0
votes
1answer
80 views
Pidgin/Empathy are not recognizing webcam
i'm new to ubuntu and am having some issues doing a few things. I'm trying to video chat on yahoo but am having trouble getting pidgin or empathy to recognize my webcam. I also can't figure out how to ...
0
votes
0answers
45 views
Unable to disable screen saver
I have set 'Turn screen off' to Never in Brightness and Lock, but my screen still goes dark after some time being idle, unless I'm watching a movie in VLC or some other media player.
What can I do to ...
2
votes
0answers
83 views
How can I configure the screensaver and energy-management options separately for two screens?
Background
I have finally managed to use twinview with a TFT(1440x900@60Hz) and a TV(PAL,1024x576@50Hz) on nvidia (proprietary driver), configuring xorg.conf manually. I had to do this manually since ...
0
votes
1answer
194 views
Turning off screensaver in Unity after installing xubuntu-desktop 12.10
I'm on Ubuntu 12.10. I installed the xubuntu-desktop package to see if I would like it and determined I would prefer to keep using unity. Ever since I did that I've been running into certain issues ...
1
vote
2answers
203 views
How do I play mame games on 12.10 without being interrupted by the screensaver?
"gnome-screensaver-command -p" is gone in 12.10 so mame can't poke to keep the screen alive.
Is there a command I can add before "mame" to deactivate the screensaver and one to reactivate it after I ...
0
votes
0answers
131 views
gnome - web browser as screensaver have problem with lock screen
How to run a web browser as a screensaver
From that link, I can now set chromium-browser in ubuntu - gnome in kiosk mode (fullscreen mode) to display a web page (acting as screensaver). Everything is ...
0
votes
0answers
176 views
How to install these login themes?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with GNOME SHELL. I wish to change the lock screen's theme (no the login screen, just the lock screen (gnome-screensaver)).
I've found these themes: ...
0
votes
0answers
80 views
Displays won't power off with screensaver
My Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop installation keeps display's backlight on when running screensaver. I'm talking about the whatever screensaved comes by default.
My power setting is set to turn off displays ...
1
vote
2answers
110 views
Sreeensaver timeout for 12.04 sever CLI
I have installed 12.04LTS server edition, no GUI. At some interval, maybe 5 minutes the screen will blank and I have to hit a key to show the screen again.
I have spent hours surfing but cannot find ...
4
votes
0answers
42 views
How do I set a program as a Ubuntu Screensaver? [duplicate]
I have made a program for a moving ball using Open GL, how do I set it as a Ubuntu Screen saver?
0
votes
1answer
41 views
Stuck in screen saver during upgrade
I'm upgrading from a LTS version to an other. The screen saver is now on and I can't exit it.
If I type my password or move the mouse the screen flickers. Regardless of what I do the screen saver ...
3
votes
1answer
612 views
How do I configure gnome-screensaver?
I am on ubuntu 12.10 and installed gnome-screensaver but I can't find any way to configure them or launch gnome-screensaver-preferences. f1.
I installed and got away with xscreensaver, now want to ...
0
votes
1answer
1k views
Run xscreensaver with gnome-screensaver lock screen
I am running Ubuntu 12.10, and I just switched over from 11.04.
I'd like to use the xscreensaver functionality (actually, all I want is for electricsheep to run in the background after I have locked ...
3
votes
4answers
2k views
mplayer does not disable screensaver
so i have upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and i installed smplayer from the repositories. The thing is when i play a movie (even in full screen) the screen saver comes up. I have to disable screensaver ...
0
votes
0answers
253 views
How do I enable screensaver and lockscreen with Compiz installed on 12.10?
...as stock versions of these do not work for me since I have installed Compiz. Can anyone point me to a solution please?
3
votes
1answer
1k views
GNOME lock screen (screensaver) is missing music controls
I have a custom Ubuntu 12.10 configuration (started out as a minimal installation of Ubuntu 12.04 with a number of other packages such as Gnome Shell selectively installed via apt-get and then ...
2
votes
1answer
142 views
Is watching a video on HDD using VLC, or a youtube video in a browser considered as 'computer idle'?
I have Ubuntu 11.04 (natty).
I have read 'Screen goes blank when VLC is playing video'
My question is similar, but also I have this problem when viewing a video on youtube.
I am not quite clear ...
1
vote
2answers
225 views
How to put different password for screensaver?
Using Ubuntu 12.04.
I'd like to know if it is possible to set a different password for Ubuntu screensaver or not?
2
votes
0answers
275 views
Monitor not turning off when screen saver is on
I installed Ubuntu for the first time 3 weeks ago and I really love it. I have Ubuntu 12.04.
My only problem is that when screen saver is on, it just shows blank screen, and not turning off the ...
0
votes
3answers
1k views
How to disable sleep/screensaver Kubuntu 12.04 LTS and VLC?
I watch VLC for a while, then about 15 min. later, it sleeps.
Where can i find the how to disable the screen-saver or how to disable sleep?
1
vote
0answers
59 views
Computer responds slowly when screen is locked
When my computer is locked, regardless of it timing out after 10 minutes or by me pressing CTRL+L, it takes forever to activate it.
It also appears as if the time it takes is linear to the time it as ...
0
votes
2answers
2k views
i install ubuntu 12.4 and i have no screen saver [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change or install screensavers?
I install ubuntu 12.4 lts on my notebook acer AOD270, and i noticed that there is no icon under the Dash home for the screen ...
3
votes
2answers
473 views
Difference between gnome-screensaver-command -a and gnome-screensaver-command -l
I was trying to figure out difference between
gnome-screensaver-command -a
and
gnome-screensaver-command -l
According to the gnome-screensaver-command man page...
-l, --lock ...
3
votes
1answer
1k views
How to turn off screen (DPMS) together with locking session in KDE?
First of all, I'm aware a similar question for GNOME is asked here: "Switch off laptop backlight when locking screen".
Objective
I would like to turn off my screen on locking the session for power ...
0
votes
0answers
104 views
How to use electricsheep without xscreensaver
It would be great if i could write a script where,
after 10 or so minutes of inactivity,
electricsheep was launched full screen.
Upon movement of the mouse during this full screen session,
...
2
votes
2answers
133 views
How do I get the 12.04 login screen to turn off screen after timeout?
On 12.04, the login screen doesn't timeout or go to screensaver after a set time. I have a number of machines in a testbed that spend a lot of time waiting for logins and I'm afraid the monitors will ...
4
votes
2answers
3k views
Disable blank screen in 12.04
After my computer with ubuntu 12.04 has been idle for a short while, the screen will go blank, and even enter standby mode. I have tried this:
System Settings -> Brightness and Lock -> Turn off ...
3
votes
1answer
742 views
How can I set a global timeout for the screensaver?
I am trying to to set a global screensaver and blanking idle timout (with screen locking) that will affect all new user accounts. I noticed that gnome-screensaver in 12.04 when configured by a user, ...
10
votes
1answer
10k views
How do I disable the screensaver/lock in 12.04?
When I'm watching a film in Mythtv the screen turns to black every 10 - 15 mins and I have to log back into Ubuntu. Very annoying!
How do I disable the black screen / screensaver / logout in Unity?
...
0
votes
0answers
96 views
Needed simple, configurable, extendable screensaver
I need simple screensaver which would allow me to:
play videos (using mplayer)
show slideshow from pictures in given directory
lock the screen (optional)
Screensaver should be easy to configure ...
1
vote
0answers
198 views
Ubuntu won't suspend automatically any more [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity won't suspend on inactivity
In the last month or so, Ubuntu (12.04) has stopped sleeping automatically. I've gone to System Settings > Power, and verified (and ...
3
votes
1answer
220 views
How do I prevent the blank screensaver when using keyboard shortcut to lock the computer?
I lock my computer a lot, and was wondering if there was a way to get the lock screen when I hit ctrl + alt + L. Right now when I use that key combination it turns the screen black, and I have to hit ...
0
votes
2answers
1k views
How to disable blank screen permanently?
I have the following environment:
Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity
I've installed XScreenSaver, then removed it using Synaptic Manager, whenever the computer is idle for 10min, the screen went blank, after ...
0
votes
0answers
186 views
My screensaver noof is not working, works in preview mode though. xscreensaver-gl-extra
I installed xscreensaver-gl-extra in Ubuntu 10.04. In the gnome app screensaver, the preview button works. But it does not work when my screen times out after 5 minutes. I just get a blank screen. ...
1
vote
0answers
507 views
How to totaly remove blank screen screensaver? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I completely turn off screensaver and power-management?
I have no screensaver installed but when I watch movies after a while blank screen comes and I have to get ...
1
vote
0answers
29 views
How do I prevent screensaver to come up when watching full-window videos? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Screensaver suppression on video playback
I can't prevent the screensaver from coming up when watching videos in full screen mode. Is there any way to fix this?
0
votes
2answers
187 views
screen saver issue
When I leave my PC alone for while the screens turns black, which is fine. When I return and move my mouse it comes back on but my second screen stays black and my first screen has a blue overlay over ...
4
votes
1answer
1k views
How can I change power options to make my system “always on”?
Power options in 12.04 system settings has only one option: "Suspend when inactive", while I can't see any obvious settings I can change so that the system is always on - without locking the screen ...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
screensavers and screen-behavior in unity [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change or install screensavers?
I recently installed 64-bit ubuntu 12.04 LTS and installed some old screensavers that includes my personal favorite ...
