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http://crunchbanglinux.org – Probably there's an answer to this in the forums, but I really can't find it.I would like to replace xscreensaver with slockI don't need a screensaver, I just want my laptop getting locked at lid close and after suspend. (HowTos)

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XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems running the X11 Window System. On X11 systems, XScreenSaver is two things: it is both a large collection of screen savers; and it is also the framework for blanking and locking the screen. (...)Read the rest of How to replace gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver in ubuntu (153 words)

I followed the direction in http://www.noobslab.com/2012/04/impo...nstall_26.html

In order to enable xscreensaver.

Quote:

nstall XSreenSaver with following commands: sudo apt-get remove gnome-screensaver sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra

create file for autostart:

sudo gedit /etc/xdg/autostart/screensaver.desktop

My problem: The LCD display on my laptop wouldn't always go to DMPS sleep. Sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't. I tried: All sorts of fixes including updates to xserver and gnome-power-manager ... but no luck.

I disabled gnome screensaver and installed xscreensaver as below: sudo apt-get remove gnome-screensaver sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra

Then I launched the xscreensaver-demo by typing "screensaver" in the dash.

Is there a way go identify the name of which screensaver was last playing an xscreensaver session? A log or a variable of which screensaver played last in xscreensaver, in a scriptfile on the system? If you have it set to cycle or random.

Hi all,

I'd like the following behavior on my laptop (sager np2252 - essentially the system76 pangolin performance):

Lock on suspend No lock on lid close.

I can't seem to find a way to do this. I've looked in dconf, gnome-tweak-tool and even tried xscreensaver.

Am running fedora 17 with gnome shell.

Please help

Thanks

How can I use xscreensaver screensaver "molecule" in KDE's screensaver programme?

Flyingwindows is intended for xscreensaver but it wouldn't compile. Before getting into that, on my Ubuntu 12.04, every existing xscreensaver file seems to have a binary in /usr/lib/xscreensaver and an xml file in /usr/share/screensaver/config. There's no xml file to be seen after untarring.

Here's what I did: Copied the flyingwindows-0.2 folder into the /usr/share/xscreensaver directory.

Dual head screensaver? 46 weeks 18 hours ago

Hi!Just wondering if it's possible to somehow get similar effect like this with xscreensaver or probably some other screensaver app that doesn't require a DE. What I'm specifically looking for is a "cool" screensaver that covers the whole dual head monitor. Right now, I'm using xscreensaver and it 2 separate screensaver for each screen.