[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver



-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Bhasker C V wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
>  I run Etch on my T42. I use gnome desktop. I installed xscreensaver.
> After this, I understood that xscreensaver daemon is a seperate daemon
> compared to gnome-screensaver which runs in gnome session. When i
> configure gnome's screensaver, I do not see the xscreensavers and when i
> run xscreensaver, I am not able to link it to the Ctrl+Alt+L key to lock
> the workstation. How do i import the xscreensaver savers into the
> gnome-screensaver ?

Please be aware that xscreesaver is considered to have security issues
and is considered deprecated by gnome-screensaver.

What I don't understand is why would you want xscreensaver. I have just
installed some "xscreensaver" themes-or-whatever-they're-called and I
can see them in gnome-screensaver.

- --
Regards,
EddyP
=============================================
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFFyk5KY8Chqv3NRNoRAqc8AKDOAPm+jDUIg1yXPa3b+bfkUc/tPwCglcDY
hJsqcq7GpLMQz4Po5W5ge7U=
=34Hn
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----



Reply to: