On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 12:28:26 +1000, david walcroft <david_walcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Søren Neigaard wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 01:14, Richard E Miles wrote: > > > >>>Is it possible to remove some of the screensavers, so the random > >>>screensaver only shows the ones i like? And how is this done? > >>> > >>>Best regards > >>>S__ren > >> > >>You can select the screensavers you want to run by running: > >>xscreensaver-demo > > > > > > Yes and also, the screensavers run much smoother in xscreensaver-demo :) > > > > So two more questions... > > > > Is it enough to just disable the other screensaver by unchecking the > > checkbox in the "Configure Desktop" "Screen Saver" menu? > > > > And how do I get the xscreensaver "server" to start when KDE starts? > > > > Best regards > > Søren > > > I use this to start xscreensaver in KDE: > > in ($HOME).kde/Autostart do vi 'xscreensaver.desktop' > > in it place - > > [Desktop Entry] > Exec=xscreensaver > Name=Xscreensaver > Type=Application > X-KDE-StartupNotify=false > > then save and it will start,I use Autostart for apps that need to start > after the desktop activates. > > david > man xscreensaver has good tips about running under the various display managers, including some fun tips about disabling KDE's inferior wrapper and instead using xscreensaver-demo. Those instructions worked well for me.
