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Re: Debian 7 and screensavers



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

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