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 working fine.
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.
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I have uninstalled xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver from my FC17 install, and yet my screensaver still activates after ten or so minutes. That is, the screen goes blank, and I have to enter my password to get back in.
How do I disable my screensaver?
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 Tells the running screensaver process to lock the screen immediately
-a, --activate Turn the screensaver on (blank the screen)
For me in both the cases it generated the login screen.Can s
When installing an innocuous "waterfall" screensaver from Gnome-Look.org, an Ubuntu user noticed something strange: apart from the screensaver not being on GNOME's approved list, it also contained a script that performed some peculiar substitutions.More Here ...
Hi Guys
Wonder if you can help me. I have just installed Fedora 17 onto my desktop having been with Ubuntu for the last few years.
I am running Gnome 3 which I like a lot but having problems trying to find the controls for the screensaver.
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2010-0414
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-898-1 February 10, 2010
gnome-screensaver vulnerability
CVE-2010-0414
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A securit
I believe I got it working. I removed all of gnome, and because of some dependencies I had to remove other things to remove gnome's extras.
gnome-screensaver has been vastly simplified for major version 3 and no longer supplies the preferences dialog. It is now only useful for locking the screen and providing an unlock dialog.
I use 12.04 LTS at the moment and am able to install gnome-screensaver version 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 and add it to the XFCE session's application autostart list.
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