XScreenSaver will choose a random screensaver each time it starts. DISPLAY MODES TAB This page contains a list of the names of the various display modes, a preview area, and some fields that let you configure screen saver behavior.
#Configure xscreensaver logoff install#
Select the screensaver that you have just edited and make it the default screensaver. Install XScreenSaver and some additional screensaver packages with the following command: sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl-extra. Opens up a web browser looking at the XScreenSaver web page, where you can find online copies of the xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-settings(1), and xscreensaver-command(1) manuals. Load Gnome-screensaver (System->Preferences->Screensaver). When you are done editing the screensaver. On the main window of XScreensaver, pick the screensaver you want to edit and change the setting via the Settings button. We don’t want to make XScreensaver the default screensaver program as it will cause some of the system functions (like lock-screen) to break. When XScreensaver loads up, it will detect that Gnome-screensaver is running and prompts you to switch it off. Next, go to System->Preferences->XScreensaver. Users must log out and back in again before the system-wide settings take effect. Under the name, change it to XScreensaver. Lock desktop screensaver settings /org/gnome/desktop/session/idle-delay.
Select the first Screensaver entry and click the Properties button. On the right pane, scroll down untill you locate the two Screensaver entries. On the left pane, navigate to the System -> Preferences section. On the Background page, type the command 'xscreensaver -nosplash' into the Background Program field. On the General page set the Local Greeter to Standard Greeter. Right-click on the menu bar and select ‘ Edit-Menus‘. You can run xscreensaver from your gdm (1) session, so that the screensaver will run even when nobody is logged in on the console. Select the Computer Configuration > Centrify Settings > Linux Settings > Enforce screen locking group policy to configure computer-based screen locking. To avoid confusion, we are going to change the name of the entry. Use the Enforce screen locking group policy to control the screen lock enforcement and the timee out value for all users logging on to a computer or for individual users. The first one is referring to xscreensaver set up while the second refers to the gnome-screensaver. Now, on your System -> Preferences, you should see two entries of Screensaver. Sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl-extra Install XScreenSaver and all the extra screensavers
In Ubuntu Intrepid, you can actually integrate XScreenSaver and Gnome-Screensaver together without breaking the system. Replacing it with xscreensaver might break these stuffs and cause them not to work properly. While we can easily replace gnome-screensaver with XScreensaver (with some simple hack), it might not be a great idea after all since Gnome-Screensaver is tightly integrated with the Gnome desktop and allows you to lock the computer screen and recover the computer from sleep. On the other hand, the popular XScreenSaver gives you more choices of screensavers and also allows you to change the setting and configure it to your liking.