Screen Saver

[Luke Militello]

Ray Parrish wrote:
> steve wrote:
>> Ray Parrish wrote:
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>>>>> It didn't, the damn thing still works, even 'though I removed 
>>>>> gnome-screensaver with Synaptic. So... just how the hell do you get rid 
>>>>> of the screen saver in Ubuntu?
>>>>>
>>>>> The thing that really irks me is that I never turned it on in the first 
>>>>> place, all I did was review the available screen savers, and now it will 
>>>>> NOT shut off.
>>>>>
>>>>> Later, Ray
>>>>>
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>>>> im going to assume you tried this already, but here it is anyway....
>>>> system> preferences> uncheck "activate screensaver when idle"
>>>> i hate screensavers too, and its always worked for me. good luck.
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>>> If you want to help, at least read the thread first... 
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>> well im going to suggest you walk away from the computer for a while,
>> its obvious by your tone you have had more than enough for one day.
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>> were all here to help, it was only a suggestion.
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> Actually, I'm pretty calm, it just burns me when people like you jump in 
> and make really stupid suggestions before reading the whole thread first 
> to see what has already been tried.
> 
> I've been using computers for over 20 years, and I'm smart enough to try 
> telling the program not to start first, yet you assumed I was just some 
> idiot that didn't know how to run a computer, and gave your idiotic 
> suggestion that I uncheck the box that starts the screensaver. duuuhhhh.....
> 
> Later, Ray Parrish
> 

Try this...not sure if it will work or not.

cd ~/.gconf/apps/gnome-screensaver/
mv %gconf.xml %gconf.xml.bak

Log out then log back in and see what happens.