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Questions tagged [xscreensaver]

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How to properly lock desktop when hibernating?

If I lock the screen, hibernate by closing the laptop lid, open the laptop lid and press the power button, the screen will just show a black surface and I can start typing the password immediately. If I don't lock the screen before hibernating, wait…
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Getting rid of "The following packages will be DOWNGRADED"

I'll start by stating, I'm pretty sure this is a unique mess of my own design, but I hope someone encountered this and might be able to help. The Setup My laptop runs Pop!_OS 22.04 (Based on Ubuntu Jammy). I really like the xscreensaver packages,…
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Too big delay with xscreensaver on wrong password in OpenSUSE 12.2

There is too big delay when logging in with xscreensaver in OpenSUSE 12.2 --- Actual delay is 10 seconds, but not found anywhere in configs Already done: checked pam timeout in login.defs (3 seconds) no pam_faildelay.so options in any of…
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Run one screensaver across multiple monitors

Is there a way to make xscreensaver run a single screen saver across the whole X display, ignoring Xinerama/XRANDR geometry? I have three monitors appearing as a single X screen on one X display. XRANDR provides information about where each…
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How can I activate/configure a screensaver in Wayland/GNOME?

I am using Fedora 25 with Wayland and GNOME. How can I configure a screensaver? I assume xscreensaver does not work and I could install gnome-screensaver, but there is no configuration interface - or have I missed something there…? Edit: To clarify,…
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xscreensaver and keyboard layouts

xscreensaver doesn't show which is the current keyboard layout, so sometimes I can't enter my password, because I've switched to Cyrillic without knowing it. I found a discussion about the same problem at http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6877,…
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With XFCE, xscreensaver wakes up and prompts for password

If you only experience this problem when using VLC see this question When the screen is blocked, the xscreensaver (version 5.35) password prompt pops out without any mouse/touchpad movement. It just appears, blinks out when the time is gone (there…
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How can I stop XScreenSaver from waking up on Mouse Input?

CAVEAT: XScreenSaver and other screensavers have known problems with VLC and xfce4-power-manager. If you're using XFCE or VLC you may want to check out those first. My problem is that with modern laser based mice, a slight vibration of desktop,…
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How to set xscreensaver to use blank mode without GUI?

After installing xscreensaver in Arch Linux my laptop has started displaying fancy, battery-depleting animations when nobody is looking. How do I configure this to use the blank mode via the command line (i.e., without xscreensaver-demo)?
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Disabling xscreensaver when firefox is playing HTM5 video

I find some questions talking about disabling xscreensaver with flash but no one about HTML5. Then, how to disable xscreensaver when firefox is playing an HTML5 vidieo and, if possible, only for some domain?
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Two programs want a d-bus service - how can I run them both?

I had the following setup: For my screensaver, I used xscreensaver (because it's beautiful) To lock my screen, I used light-locker (because it's more secure then xscreensaver) Recenctly, xscreensaver started binding to org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver…
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sun microsystems logo xscreensaver?

I stumbled on this question today asking for a Bob screensaver. I can recall that and it reminded me of days past. I also remember a screen saver, either life or snake - i can't remember which or perhaps it was both, that rendered the Sun…
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Xscreensaver on startup, i3wm

How do I set up xscreensaver to run in the background on login? Will a simple xscreensaver & do the trick?
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xscreensaver only as screen locker

I want to use xscreensaver as my screen locker, but only through manual activation with xscreensaver-command --lock (I have this bound to a key combination). I don't want xscreensaver to activate itself after a timeout. Is there any way to tell…
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How to use Desktop Lock Screen and turn off XScreenSaver Login Screen?

I am running Linux Mint 17.1, Cinnamon Desktop, Compiz, and XScreenSaver. I want to be able to use the Desktop Lock Screen and turn off the XScreenSaver Lock Screen. Turning off the Lock Screen in the XScreenSaver GUI deactivates all Screen Locking.
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