On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 06:44:13PM -0400, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 08:06 -0400, Johnny wrote: > > > I'd like to replace gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver. I'd tried: > > > > $ killall gnome-screensaver > > $ xscreensaver > > $ gnome-session-save > > > > but alas, when I log out and back in I find that gnome-screensaver is > > running and xscreensaver is not. I'm looking for a more elegant > > solution than deleting the gnome-screensaver executable and copying > > xscreensaver in its place, although that solution is looking more and > > more attractive. Thanks. > > In order to install xscreensaver, you must install > xscreensaver-base, xscreensaver-extras, xscreensaver-gl-extras. Then > you must remove gnome-screensaver by "yum -y remove gnome-screensaver". > When you go to "System-Preferences-Screensaver", you will find that the > gnome-screensaver is no longer there. I hope that this helps. Okay, thanks for the information, and thanks as well to Stanton Finley who offered similar advice. Since I already have all the xscreensaver packages installed, it seems like the only way to prevent gnome-screensaver from running is to remove it. This means that the screensaver selection is a system-wide preference, rather than a user preference, and that it's not possible to switch back and forth without removing and reinstalling gnome-screensaver to make the switch. I guess I can live with that though. At least I have xscreensaver and its amazing collection of hacks back. Thanks again for that.
