Hot answers tagged xscreensaver
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Remove xscreensaver and install gnome-screensaver which has a more polished look:
sudo apt-get remove xscreensaver
sudo apt-get install gnome-screensaver
I also like to set a shortcut to lock the screen with the keyboard:
Start > Settings Manager > Keyboard > Application Shortcuts > Add
Command: xflock4
ShortCut: <Super>l ; (e.g. press the ...
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The closest you can come to theming is to change the colours/fonts & date-time format. Anything more will probably need to recompile xscreensaver and change the source.
For example -
can be changed to -
how to
Using leafpad (leafpad ~/.Xresources) create/amend the file .Xresources located in the home folder.
Copy and paste the following for ...
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I share your opinion on the Xscreensaver unlock screen. However, changing it requires quite a bit of skill and dedication. Some have also offered solutions in this related post:
How do I theme the xscreensaver unlock screen?
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I managed to figure out a workaround, though I imagine there's a better solution out there. I looked at what was happening when my lid was closed and opened in /etc/acpi/lid.sh and found that xscreensaver was being called upon automatically. Not sure if different laptops have different settings and whatnot - I really don't know too much about this stuff.
In ...
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Xscreensaver is a package which is an extensible screen saver framework, and locks the computer.
According to this linuxfromscratch.org page.
The XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for the X Window
System. It is highly customizable and allows the use of any program
that can draw on the root window as a display mode. The purpose of
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Do you like black? Try slock, it's the best example of the KISS principle.
To install it: sudo apt-get install suckless-tools
Then, the easiest way to configure it in xubuntu is: sudo apt-get remove xscreensaver
This is because by default xscreensaver takes precedence over other screensavers, slock among them. Once removed, you can either kill the ...
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I think you have to disable the "lock" in two different places. First, open the power manager. You can click on the power icon in the panel and select "preferences" or it should also be in Menu -> Preferences -> Power Manager
De-select "Lock screen...." under the "Extended" menu tab.
Second, open screensaver preferences. Menu -> Preferences -> ...
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Since GTK3 i have used
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen 'true'
This will prevent all lock-screens. If you still want to be able to lock the screen you can use 'Switch User Account...' as a substitute. For 11.10, just set up a keyboard shortcut for the command
gdmflexiserver -xnest
For 12.04+ its
dm-tool switch-to-greeter
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One possible way is to introduce a short delay of (for example) 10 seconds before running the command. This should allow all the logon processes to complete before running the xscreensaver command.
Use a startup application command line of:
sh -c "sleep 10 && xscreensaver -no-splash &"
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If you are familiar with svg image programmes (like Inkscape), you also could modify the logo to suit your own wishes. The logo is located in usr/share/pixmaps and is called xscreensaver.svg and xscreensaver.xpm.
However, there is a remark on changing the logo. See this thread for more info: ...
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Following fossfreedom's example, I chose the following settings in a a newly created ~/.Xresources file, and I found the result quite attractive (a dark-background theme with gentle blues):
xscreensaver.splash: false
!font settings
xscreensaver.Dialog.headingFont: -*-georgia-bold-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
xscreensaver.Dialog.bodyFont: ...
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You need to specify in the advanced options of xscreensaver-demo the folder that contains your photos.
Note - in previous versions of Ubuntu you could have used a screensaver called glslideshow - however this doesnt appear to work in 11.10.
There are a number of other photo-screensavers available in xscreensaver:
blitspin
carousel
decayscreen
distort
...
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Open the console (Ctrl+Alt+T) and type the following:
cat > .screensaver
grabDesktopImages: False
grabVideoFrames: False
chooseRandomImages: True
imageDirectory: /home/<user>/Pictures/<choosen folder>
mode: random
selected: -1
and press Ctrl+D to save the file.
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While investigating for a bug report, I found that gnome-screensaver for some unknown reason was running. The following workaround did the trick:
gnome-screensaver-command --exit && xscreensaver &
I'd like to emphasize that it's just a workaround, not an answer to why xscreensaver died nor how gnome-screensaver came to run.
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Make sure kscreensaver is disabled:
System Settings -> Display and Monitor -> Screen Saver -> Make sure that Start automatically after: is unchecked.
Make sure xscreensaver is installed. You should have a Screensaver option in settings menu.
Activate the xscreensaver you want to use.
In your user directory ~/.kde/Autostart/ create the file named: ...
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I found a forum at crunchbanglinux.org on how to either modify/change Xscreensaver. http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/18793/how-do-i-replace-xscreensaver/ Also here is a link to extra screen savers for Xscreensaver if you decide to stay with it. Included is a way to have an auto-disable script for Xscreensaver. ...
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Simple answer: you currently can't.
You can't use any program as screensaver but you need program written directly for use as xscreensaver module. You can see documentation on http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~liberato/screensaver/
Currently there are only Mac OS X, KDE and Windows variants of asciiquarium screensaver but none has been probably written for ...
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Indeed, there is a way to show this information via a log, and it is usually used for debugging purposes. Your user session, whether it is Gnome or Xfce, will usually auto-load xscreensaver with the options xscreensaver -no-splash &, as it does in Xfce, for example, using the file /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc.
Temporary Setting
So if you want to load up ...
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