On 03/12/2015 10:33 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > On my Debian 7.8 system, both xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver, are > shown as being installed, and, now, to try to get a screensaver to > work, I have downloaded hundreds of MB of extra stuff, to try to find > a screensaver that works on Debian 7, so I also, now, apparently, have > the kscreensaver (and thence, kde and kdm, and k*). > > But, in traversing through the menu's in the GNOME Classic interface, > no screensaver is listed, that can be found, and, in going to the > System Tools -> Administration and System Tools -> Preferences, > nothing is displayed, that refers to screensavers. > > Does Debian 7 allow screensavers, that lock a screen, and require > logging in, either when the system has no external input for a defined > period of time, or, when a person manually invokes the "Lock screen" > functionality? Have you tried to configure xscreensaver using `xscreensaver-demo` manually? It should then be enough to add a suitable invocation of `xscreensaver` to your autostart. HTH Linux-Fan -- http://masysma.lima-city.de/
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