![]() Snapshots don't always save my butt.ĮDIT 2: Answered here viewtopic. In my case its a style/feng shui thing for my computer area, and protects my external monitor, which is an older HDTV with mild image retention issues.ĮDIT: I ask because I'm a little apprehensive about modifying your commands and really burning something up in the background. ![]() Is there any way to use the stock Cinnamon screen locker with it, though? I don't really mind the xscreensaver lock's retro look or type-timer, but a couple of times when coming back from sleep, the machine went all the way back to the desktop and allowed for a moment of interaction with it before bringing the screensaver and password lock back up, which makes me worry about its security.Įven if some people found it redundant, i wish they just left them in for those of us that still prefer to use them. Step 1 - Remove the startup application entry for xscreensaverĭid Linux Mint 19.1 as a fresh install (replacing 17.3, which was retained for gfx compatibility) and used this post to bring xscreensaver back because I wanted the full screensaver options. ![]() Funny thing, now 'dnf autoremove' suggests removing rdma-core package. Step 1 and 2 will need to be applied in each user account the changes were applied to originally. Is dnfs recommendation ' (add '-best -allowerasing' to command line to force their upgrade):' correct and won't break the system Update: just ran 'dnf update -best -allowerasing' and system seems to be working fine. The screensaver should kick in after your specified idle time and if you have set it to lock after a time period in xscreensaver properties that should work too. If all has gone well your menu lock screen shortcut and Ctrl-Alt-L keyboard shortcut should lock the screen with the xscreensaver lock-screen. Blank time is the idle time before the screensaver kicks in. Download 8664.rpm for Fedora 36 from Fedora repository. Most of the settings are self-explanatory. Alternatively you can launch it from the terminal with the command xscreensaver-demo. In the menu xscreensaver properties can be found in the preferences category as a 2nd Screensaver entry with the description Change screensaver properties. Step 7 - Set up your xscreensaver preferences ![]() Open Startup Applications and add a custom startup entry with no delay to run the command xscreensaver if you have multiple users you will need to do this for each user account. Step 5 - Set xscreensaver to start at user logon Simply rerun this command after any update to cinnamon-screensaver, Please note this link will be overwritten by any future updates to the cinnamon-screensaver package. Not sure if those bugs were fixed by now as the post I saw in a forum was dated back in October 2015 but it was something I found and thought I should. Notes I did read somewhere that autoremove can be kind of buggy sometimes so do use it with caution. Discord: discord.Code: Select all sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/xscreensaver-command /usr/bin/cinnamon-screensaver-command dnf clean packages dnf autoremove dnf install steam No more conflicts this time and it worked.Post content regarding Fedora Project or Linux in general.This subreddit is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Fedora Project. A community for users, developers and people interested in the Fedora Project and news and information about it.
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