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How to configure Gnome Screensaver in 11.10

Asked by Mannex

I have 11.10 and have installed the Gnome Shell over Unity. I know that the gnome-screensaver is running, and when I lock the screen, it just goes blank. Is there any way to configure a different screensaver?

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Best Harry Skelton (skelton-harry) said : 		#1

sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra
Then go to Activities/Applications/xscreensaver and set it up.

It you can kill the gnome saver from here and get xscreen running.

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#2

Sorry, what I meant by different screensaver was a different module (i.e. not blank screen) within the Gnome screen saver. In other words, how do I configure the Gnome screen saver? There used to be a utility to do that, but it seems to have disappeared, which is odd since the gnome-screensaver is running.

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#3

Never mind. I figured it out myself. I just gotta wonder why no one bothered to have them installed by default. Seems to me if you're going to release software, it ought to be ready. Just saying...

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Bob (bbrazie) said : 		#4

So what did you do to to change the way it is configured?
Thanks in advance. Bob.

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#5

I ended up installing xscreensaver (as Harry described in #1 above) and configuring it. Although for some reason at least two of the modules are not loading into the configuration program, but in general it works.

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Mannex (russ-mannex) said : 		#6

Thanks Harry Skelton, that solved my question.