I have recently apt-get remove
'd xscreensaver and apt-get install
'd gnome-screensaver. This appears not to have worked because when I press the Lock Screen menu item, nothing happens. I have tried putting gnome-screensaver in the list of autostart applications but this doesn't help (must it be started before anyone logs in?). How can I make gnome-screensaver work properly and make the Lock Screen button do what it's supposed to? Thanks in advance, ell.
EDIT: I am using Xubuntu 11.04 and the output of ps aux | grep saver is:
elliot 1374 0.0 0.3 27344 6024 ? Ss 19:35 0:00 gnome-screensaver
elliot 1669 0.0 0.0 4160 848 pts/0 S+ 19:48 0:00 grep --color=auto saver
But I think the above information will now be irrelevant as it seems that locking the screen now works, when I lock the screen I get a black screen and when I move the mouse, the unlock dialog pops up so now all I need to do is set a screensaver, can anyone help me out on that?
Best Answer
Installing
When you have removed
xscreensaver
and installedgnome-screensaver
you will need to logout and login for the XFCE lock-screen menu item to workSetting your screen saver
Installing gnome-screensaver also installs
gnome-screensaver-preferences
.If you run this in a terminal you will see this screen which will allow you to change from the "black screen" to one of the gnome-screensavers:
Integrating with Settings Manager
When installing
gnome-screensaver
it will create a file called/usr/share/applications/gnome-screensaver-preferences.desktop
To integrate this into Settings Manager then replace the contents of this file with the following: