Questions tagged [screensaver]
Blanking of the screen or filling with moving images when computer not in use.
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How can I change or install screensavers?
I want to change the default screen saver in Ubuntu 11.10/12.04. On 11.04 I just did a
sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
And then I could change it in the ...
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How do I disable the screensaver/lock?
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?
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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 ...
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How do I completely turn off screensaver and power-management?
I looking for a method to turn-off the screensaver and powermanager but from the command line.
I'm aware this can be done via the GUI screen - but can this be done via the command line or via some ...
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Configure screensaver in Ubuntu
How do I configure the screensaver in Ubuntu? I can see that gnome-screensaver is running.
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How do I stop the screen from being locked on suspend?
On GNOME the screen locks when I suspend, and I find that a bit annoying (no one else in the house uses ubuntu anyway haha). What can I do to stop this?
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How do I disable the blank console "screensaver" on Ubuntu Server?
How to disable blank screensaver on Ubuntu Server?
There's no desktop or X, only console (command-line interface).
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How do I stop the screensaver from coming on during VLC movie watching?
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and my screensaver keeps coming on while I'm watching a movie. I don't remember this happening in 11.04 and can't remember how to stop it?
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Screensaver suppression on video playback [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I stop the screensaver from turning on when I watching online videos?
I migrated from Ubuntu 10.10 to Xubuntu 11.10 (clean install). Previously when I played video via ...
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unity - how to detect if the screen is locked?
both of these only work after the screen that was locked gets blanked; but they sometimes fail also, when for any reason the screen doesnt blanks...
gnome-screensaver-command --query
gnome-...
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Use video file as a screensaver?
I want to make my video to be a screensaver.
Is there any software to make it?
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Lock screen when XScreenSaver is installed [duplicate]
I'm another user who dislikes the default screen-saver of Oneric.
I installed XScreenSaver, but when I want to lock the screen, it doesn't work using CTRL+ALT+L , or using the option on the user ...
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ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit - screen goes black every 15 seconds
I am completely at a loss. On a new installation of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit my laptop screen has started to go black every 15 seconds. If I move the mouse or click then the display returns (I do not ...
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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 ...
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Stop Xscreensaver from locking screen once screensaver starts
I have installed Lubuntu 12.04 and was wondering if there was a way to keep it from locking the screen when the screensaver starts?
The "lock screen after X minutes" box is unchecked, so that is not ...
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Password prompt on login only, not on lock screen
I'd like to only be prompted for my password on login, as I thought I had indicated on setup. But when I open my laptop lid, I'm prompted again.
Is it possible to eliminate the Suspend (on battery) ...
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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
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How can I make and distribute an Ubuntu screensaver?
I have no programming language preferences and I have a good knowledge of OpenGL coding. If I could use something like OpenFrameworks or Processing as a base, that would be ideal.
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How to set up gnome-screensaver?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 and I have install gnome-screensaver, however after doing some searches through my system, and my system settings, I am unable to find any configuration settings for ...
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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 ...
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Screen Savers: Windows .scr In Ubuntu?
Does anyone know if this is possible? I'm a Star Trek fan, and there's this screensaver that's for Windows that mimics a Star Trek systems panel, and I'd love to have that on Ubuntu (so would some of ...
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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, ...
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Freeze when resuming from screensaver or monitor-sleep-state [closed]
I've installed Natty on an older Samsung desktop at work. It's a shared machine that needs no screen-locking, passwords, or anything else. (Perhaps it should have those features, but nobody would use ...
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How do I configure xscreensaver to use the GNOME lockscreen on Ubuntu 14.04?
I'd like xscreensaver to lock my session using the standard GNOME lockscreen, instead of using the horrible 1990's xscreensaver lockscreen prompt (sorry guys but it needs a facelift). I know this is ...
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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 ...
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How to embed on-screen keyboard into gnome-screensaver 3.x unlock screen?
The gconf value /apps/gnome-screensaver/embedded_keyboard_enable in Oneiric no longer works obviously. Is there a way to show virtual keyboard in gnome-screensaver 3.x? Does similar dconf value exist?
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External monitor lead to screensaver in-out loop
Normal behavior:
After 1min of beeing IDLE, my laptop will show a blank screen to save power (not "suspend", just blank screen )
When the mouse is touched, the screen is back to life.
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electricsheep screensaver won't start
After the installation of electricsheep, the screensaver won't work: it starts fading to black then, when it should display the screensaver, it suddenly goes back to desktop.
I read that disabling ...
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Monitors do not turn off (enter powersave mode) after screen blanking
Ubuntu 1904, both X and Wayland. AMD 2400G, ASUS motherboard with 3 screens: HDMI,VGA,DVI.
When I leave my computer, it will blank the screen after the timeout, then my 3 monitors will fall asleep, ...
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ASCII screensaver for the command-line or a TUI?
This question was closed due to being too broad, so I'll be more specific with regard to ASCII animations here =)
Are there any ASCII animations that can be used as screensavers - either in the TUI ...
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Way to measure computer usage via screensaver active/not active time?
I'm looking for a simple way to determine the rough amount of time per day I spend on a computer. This can be a difficult task if you try to monitor processes, key presses, mouse clicks and the like, ...
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How to run a web browser as a screensaver
I would like to set up a custom application (a separate profile of Firefox browser in my case) to be fired instead of screensaver. I am using Gnome desktop environment. Technically it doesn't have to ...
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Lubuntu 14.04 - Disable screen saver....for real this time?
I know this has been asked multiple times. I have tried multiple things, however nothing I seem to do stick. I am trying to disable the screen saver/screen blanking on Lubuntu 14.04. I've tried the ...
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Lubuntu enforces screen lock
I can't disable screen lock in Lubuntu. In Power management I have it unchecked. There is another option "Enable light locker" in the "Light locker settings". I also have this unchecked but I still ...
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How do I turn off the screen saver using the command line?
I would like to turn off the screen saver from command line, which used to work with
gconftool-2 -s /apps/gnome-screensaver/idle_activation_enabled --type=bool false
in natty & oneiric
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Privacy issue when waking up suspended machine
Using Xfce, when I close the notebook lid it suspends, and when I open the lid it wakes up. When it wakes up it shows the screensaver until I press a key or move the mouse then it asks me for my ...
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Is there a programmable way to tell if the screen is locked?
I have lots of stuff in my crontab, including some that talks to my screen. If I'm not there for it to be notifying, I don't really want it to run.
Is there a way I can check to see if the computer ...
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How do I disable the screen saver in 12.04 system wide?
I have a similar problem as this post: How do I turn off the screen saver using the command line?
However, these new commands (and likewise if I set the options from the GUI) only seem to work if I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 keeps turning off the screen after 10 minutes
I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed with Unity (Ubuntu-Desktop).
As mentioned in several other threads, I have:
Under Settings → Brightness & Lock set Turn screen off when inactive for to “never”.
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How to disable sleep/screensaver Kubuntu 12.04 LTS and VLC? [duplicate]
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?
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Can I replace the XScreenSaver lock dialog with the version from Gnome-Screensaver
Im using Ubuntu 11.10, with XFCE and xscreensaver, the xscreensaver configurator is nice but the unlock dialog is ugly.
I tried gnome-screensaver, but it only gives me a blank screen.
So, can I ...
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How do I stop xscreensaver during movies play?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. I installed xscreensaver in place of gnome.screensaver.
My problem is that I cannot get the screensaver to stop popping up when I'm watching a movie on Movie Player. I have ...
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Difference between gnome-screensaver-command -a and gnome-screensaver-command -l
I was trying to figure out difference between
gnome-screensaver-command -a
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gnome-screensaver-command -l
According to the gnome-screensaver-command man page...
-l, --lock ...
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Unlock gnome-screensaver instead of deactivating
So, I've been trying to create a USB key for my machine.
I've used PAM-Usb as described in many places over the internet (for example this one, which is basically copypasted everywhere).
I ...
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Ubuntu 17.10: Lock screen without blanking
By default, locking the screen in Ubuntu 17.10 also immediately blanks it. This seems to go back to gnome-screensaver by default blanking whenever it's told to lock (with gnome-screensaver-command -l ...
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123.SOGOU.COM - trojan horse in ukui-screensaver
Firefox's default page is 123.sogou.com and I can't remove it. I've tried to reset and re-install it, but it keeps going back to sogou.
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The XScreenSaver daemon doesn't seem to be running on ":0"
Since in Ubuntu 12.04 there weren't integrated screen savers (btw, why?), I looked for a tutorial online and installed XScreensaver 5.15.
The problem is that it won't start the sccreen savers until I'...
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How to blackout screen or start screensaver with shortcut keys?
I'm often reading a hardcopy paper/book and taking notes on the laptop. I like to save energy (and battery) when the laptop is just waiting for me to read. My laptop unfortunately doesn't have a ...
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How to make Ubuntu not to lock the screen while running VMware in fullscreen?
I am running Windows XP inside VMware Player. I have two monitors and I keep VMware in fullscreen on the second monitor.
The problem is that if I work long enough in inside Windows XP, Ubuntu locks ...
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Screen timeout for Ubuntu Server login screen
My server machine always has screen turned on on the login screen, which is shown right after the boot and where I have to input my login and password. There is no desktop environment. I wonder ...
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