Re: Debian 7 and screensavers
On 12/03/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 12 March 2015 09:33:28 Bret Busby wrote:
>> 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?
>
> This whole thing is surely a function of the DE, not the OS or version
> thereof?
>
> Lisi
>
I assume by "DE", you mean Desktop Environment?
If so, does that include the Desktop Manager?
The default Desktop Manager is shown as being LDM, which I assume to
be the LXDE Desktop Manager, as it was installed with (I believe) the
LXDE interface, and had been running LXDE, until I found the GNOME
Classic interface option, in the login window, and I now log in using
the GNOME Classic interface, as it appears to be the closest available
interface, to the GNOME2 interface..
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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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