[lug] Configuring the screensaver

Gary Hodges Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov
Thu Feb 15 08:38:24 MST 2007


Ted Logan wrote:
> On 2/14/07, Gary Hodges <Gary.Hodges at noaa.gov> wrote:
>> I once knew a command that I could use to activate or deactivate
>> individual screensavers.  There is one screensaver that locks up my
>> machine and I don't even want the option of choosing it.  Anyone know
>> the command I'm talking about?
> 
> If you're running xscreensaver, run:
> 
> $ xscreensaver-demo
> 
> which lets you pick which screensavers to use.

That's the command I was looking for.  xscreensaver wasn't installed on 
my computer (Kubuntu 6.06 LTS).  I installed it but it seems to be 
blocked from taking over whatever screensaver KDE uses by default with 
Kubuntu.




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