screensaver

John5788 · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject: screensaver

i remember when i was using GNOME and KDE in a previous installation of FreeBSD there were options to set screensavers. im using fluxbox now on gentoo and was wondering how i could set screensavers to go off every 10 minutes instead of turning the screen black?
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llamakc · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 94

run xscreensaver-demo to set it. I `xscreensaver &` in my .xinitrc

hth

tihkal · Apprentice Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 225

Start xscreensaver with: xscreensaver --nosplash
when you start your X session, put it in your .xinitrc for example.

xscreensaver --demo iirc to choose your options.

John5788 · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:10 pm Post subject:

hmm xscreensaver isnt a command, is it a package i have to install
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tihkal · Apprentice Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 225

Yep.

x11-misc/xscreensaver

I haven't got it installed so the syntax of the commands I gave may be slightly out, I'm working from memory. Have a look at the man page when you've installed it. I think the other poster has a better memory than me ;-)

John5788 · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:41 pm Post subject:

thanks it was xscreensaver-demo

glmatrix has to be the coolest screensaver on there
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xanthax · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 4:04 pm Post subject:

Oki , i have almost the same problem.

I Want to get rid of the fuction turning my screen black after awhile, i want it turned on ALWAYS.
This is due to statistic / log programs always needed to be seen even when not using that computer...

Anyone ???
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xanthax · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:23 am Post subject:

Just in case anyone wonders the answer to MY question was to use