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I have a question first let me give some details. I am using Ubuntu Mate 18.04. I have an AMD GPU R7 260X using AMD drivers and I have three 24-inch monitors. My PC is a Dell XPS 8500 with 16 GB of RAM.

Here is my question, I use screensavers on my systems just for kicks. If I remember, I had to install the Xscreensavers. When my screensaver activates it displays a random screensaver on each of my monitors even though I have selected one screensaver to use (FireworkX for the time being) Not only do I get 3 different screensavers displaying simultaneously on my monitors but when I click the mouse to see my desktop, the desktop displays for a moment and then the FireworkX screensaver turns on, so I have to click the mouse again to see my desktop.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can correct this so my chosen screensaver displays on all three screens instead of getting three random screensavers?

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xscreensaver main screen:

same random server.png

From the Display Modes tab set the first field Mode to Same Random Savers.

As the tool-tip states:

When idle or locked, chose a random display
mode from among the checked items in the
list below. Run that same mode on each
monitor.

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  • my screensaver selection window does not have tabs for display mode or advanced. I have to scroll up to get to Blank Screen or Random. That is part of the issue, I have Fireworkx selected as the screensaver not Random
    – LJS
    Oct 22, 2018 at 17:53
  • I had a typo it is "Display Modes" tab not "Advanced" tab. In above example "PopSquares" is selected as the screen saver not "Random". When you scroll up to select the mode "Blank Screen" or "Random" is there not another mode called "Same Random Savers"? Oct 22, 2018 at 17:58
  • I added a link to a screenshot of my Screensaver Preferences window so you can see what I see when I go there.
    – LJS
    Oct 23, 2018 at 5:47
  • Also I dont know of any setting to run the "same mode on each monitor"
    – LJS
    Oct 23, 2018 at 6:13
  • @user884841 Could you update your question with a screenshot of your xscreensaver configuration screen so we can see what version you are using? Oct 23, 2018 at 10:36

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