This manual unless you are trying to do something tricky, like customize xscreensaver for site-wide use or something. You shouldn't need to know any of the stuff described in The easy way to configure xscreensaver is to run the xscreensaver-demo(1) program. Of this manual page describes lower level ways of changing settings. The easiest way to configure xscreensaver is to simply run the xscreensaver-demo(1) program, and change the settings through the GUI. Note that xscreensaver has a client-server model: the xscreensaver program is a daemon that runs in the background it is controlled by theįoreground xscreensaver-demo(1) and xscreensaver-command(1) programs. Xscreensaver-demoThe xscreensaver-demo(1) program pops up a dialog box that lets you configure the screen saver, and experiment with the various display modes. It also provides configuration and control of your monitor's power-saving features. This program can lock your terminal in order to prevent others from using it, though its default mode of operation is merely to display pretty pictures on It turns offĪs soon as there is any mouse or keyboard activity. The xscreensaver program waits until the keyboard and mouse have been idle for a period, and then runs a graphics demo chosen at random.
Xrdb -merge ~/.Xscreensaver - extensible screen saver framework, plus locking Xscreensaver.dateFormat: %I:%M%p - %a %b %d, %Y Replacing "dina" with "arial" works for example, but the Ubuntu font doesn't seem to work.įollowing fossfreedom's example, I chose the following settings in a a newly created ~/.Xresources file, and I found the result quite attractive (a dark-background theme with gentle blues): It will then revert back to its original, failsafe font. See here for the restrictions, which I found only afterwards: Īnd here is the process you have to follow to properly hard-code the images: or īy the way, I suggest to change the font to something else, as not everyone has the "dina" font. I will give it a try in the future, but so far i will stick to the flaming computer logo. I neglected those, resulting in a complete crash of my system. See this thread for more infoĪlso, there are various important restrictions regarding the xpm file. However, there is a remark on changing the logo. The logo is located in usr/share/pixmaps and is called xscreensaver.svg and xscreensaver.xpm. If you are familiar with svg image programmes (like Inkscape), you also could modify the logo to suit your own wishes. The run through the following steps to enable your changes: Xscreensaver.dateFormat: %I:%M%P %a %b %d, %YĬopy and paste the following for the second picture: !datestamp format-see the strftime(3) manual page for details !timeout bar (background is actually determined by ) !username/password input box and date text colour
!general dialog box (affects main hostname, username, password text) Xresources located in the home folder.Ĭopy and paste the following for the first picture above: Using leafpad ( leafpad ~/.Xresources) create/amend the file. Anything more will probably need to recompile xscreensaver and change the source. The closest you can come to theming is to change the colours/fonts & date-time format.