

You can change those if you need to lock your screen after a shorter idle time than the default values:

Useful settings here are the "Blank After" and "Lock Screen After" values.

Once the install is complete, launch the xscreensaver-demo config util to pick the list of screensavers to run (among other settings). Install this package if you want to use the xscreensaver engine to control screen blanking and launching display modes ('hacks'). This package includes the bare minimum needed to blank and lock your screen. config / autostart echo " Type = Application Exec = xscreensaver - nosplash Hidden = false NoDisplay = false X - GNOME - Autostart - enabled = true Name = xscreensaver Name = xscreensaver Comment = Comment = " > ~/.config/autostart/sktop XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11, containing more than 200 screen savers. screensaver lock - enabled false # Configure xscreensaver as a startup application: mkdir - p ~/. session idle - delay 0 gsettings set org. # NOTE: For more options see 'gsettings list-keys ' # These two are equivalent to going to "System Settings / Brightness & Lock" and: # * Setting "Turn screen off when inactive for" to "Never" # * Switching the "Lock" toggle button to OFF gsettings set org. usr / bin / gnome - screensaver - command # Turn off Unity's built-in blanking. Xscreensaver - gl xscreensaver - gl - extra # Uninstall the gnome-screensaver package: sudo apt - get remove gnome - screensaver # Make GNOME's "Lock Screen" use xscreensaver: sudo ln - sf / usr / bin / xscreensaver - command \ Xscreensaver xscreensaver - data - extra \ distribution like Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux / Manjaro, etc.
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# Install xscreensaver and addons: sudo apt - get install \ Learn how to create a bootable USB-Stick and use a virtual machine, setup a live.
