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Chapter 3.2.20 Screensaver
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Screensaver is an application to control what screensavers are used on the system.
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Usage
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The :guilabel:`Mode` drop down has 4 settings Disable turns off the screensaver, blank screen only just turns the screen itself off, one screensaver sets one screensaver, and random screensaver selects a random screensaver. To set how long it takes your screen to go to the screensaver change the field that says :guilabel:`Blank After` to the number of minutes you want the system to be idle before starting the screensaver. If you have a random screensaver set you can change with the number of minutes it says with cycle after for when the screensaver will change to another one. The checkbox for :guilabel:`Lock Screen After` takes the number of minutes to lock the screen and the number of minutes is how many minutes it takes to lock the screen.
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If you try to select a screensaver that is not installed it will not show on the right hand side of the window. To preview a screensaver as when it would be activated press the :guilabel:`Preview` button.
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If you want to kill the daemon :menuselection:`File --> Kill Daemon`. To restart the screensaver daemon :menuselection:`File --> Restart Daemon`.
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If you try to open the screensaver settings without having the screensaver daemon running you will bring up a dialog if you want to launch it.
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Screenshot
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.. image:: screensaver.png
Version
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Lubuntu ships with version 5.42 of Screensaver
How to launch
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To launch screensaver from the menu :menuselection:`Preferences --> Screensaver` or run
.. code::
xscreensaver-demo
from the command line.