Gnome-screensaver is a new screensaver that can replace xscreensaver. Why gnome-screensaver, what happened to xscreensaver?
This is probably a stupid questions but the gnome screensaver FAQ says: You get the standard xscreensaver unlock dialog when unlocking the screen instead of the Dapper one, which detracts from the overall polish a bit, if you mind such things. In my experience the screen won't get locked when closing the laptop lid but this may be due to my (mis)configuration I'll report back on this after experimenting a bit. (Update: See this post () for a suggested fix. I'm looking for a fix to this in the meantime you can use the launcher you created in step 8 as a workaround. System / Quit / Lock Screen doesn't function after applying this, since it locks the screen via gnome-screensaver. Right click your desktop, choose "Create Launcher", and enter the following as the command: "xscreensaver-command -lock". Optional: Create a launcher to lock the screen manually. This should stop xscreensaver's power saving features from conflicting with Gnome Power Manager.Ĩ. Click System / Preferences / Screensaver to launch the xscreensaver configuration window, go to the "Advanced" tab and uncheck the "Power Management Enabled" checkbox. #X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-screensaverħ. #X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-screensaver Gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sktopĮxec=gnome-screensaver-preferencesand change it toĮxec=xscreensaver-demoand comment out the last four lines to make them look like this: Modify the System / Preferences / Screensaver menu entry to launch the xscreensaver configuration window instead of the gnome-screensaver one: Go to System / Preferences / Sessions / Startup Programs, click "Add" and type "xscreensaver -no-splash".Ħ. Add the xscreensaver daemon to your list of startup programs.
INSTALL XSCREENSAVER UBUNTU INSTALL
Sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl-extraĥ. Optional: Install the extra screensavers in the repositories that don't come installed as default. If the latter doesn't seem to be working persistently for some reason, resort to making gnome-screensaver unexecutable:Ĥ.
Gconftool-2 -type boolean -s /apps/gnome_settings_daemon/screensaver/start_screensaver false Sudo killall gnome-screensaverand prevent it from being launched on startup To totally stop gnome-screensaver from running, kill its process To configure gnome-screensaver not to function, go to System / Preferences / Screensaver and uncheck both checkboxes.Ģ. Solution: Get xscreensaver back, disable gnome-screensaver.ġ. Refer to the "Drawbacks" part at the bottom for possible dysfunctions after applying this. The following isn't a very elegant modification, but one that works nevertheless. Ubuntu has a tendency to stick with the GNOME suite of applications unless absolutely necessary, and the GNOME developers do have reasons for doing what they're doing, so gnome-screensaver does have its longer term use, but in immediate practical terms we need a way of configuring screensaver options otherwise most of them are either unusable or have crippled functionality. Refer to the gnome-screensaver FAQ (), the upstream bugzilla discussion () and the Launchpad discussion () for more details if interested. xscreensaver provides both functions, thus became partially redundant. Problem: Dapper ships with gnome-screensaver instead of xscreensaver, which gives the user no option to set individual screensaver settings.ĭetails: In Dapper display power management functions were decoupled from the screensaver with the introduction of Gnome Power Manager. Both have their pros and cons so make sure you check out both before applying the instructions. I prefer the method described in that guide to this one, but your mileage may vary. Note: I have another guide () for adjusting screensaver settings in Dapper without replacing gnome-screensaver.
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