Re: Debian 7 and screensavers
On Thursday 12 March 2015 14:04:30 Bret Busby wrote:
> 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?
I was including it, yes. It is, I would have said, tho' I am prepared to be
corrected, not a function of the OS or version thereof, and therefore in no
way the fault of Debian 7. It appears to work fine in Debian 7 and TDE
3.10.13.2, but I don't actually use it.
> 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..
>
> --
> Bret Busby
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