Screen Saver Leaves Panels Visible Why?

[Ric Moore]

On 01/26/2013 09:37 AM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 07:22 PM, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>> On 01/24/2013 02:53 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 24 January 2013 02:48, Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> Folks,
>>>>
>>>> When I start the screen saver or when it starts by itself the top
>>>> and left
>>>> panels still show. How do I get the entire screen to be part of the
>>>> screen
>>>> saver?
>>>>
>>>> This system is newly upgraded 12.04.1 LTS with Unity desktop from
>>>> 10.04.4
>>>> LTS.
>>>>
>>>> It did not perform this way on 10.04.4 LTS and does not leave anything
>>>> showing on another system running 12.04.1 LTS
>>>
>>> How have you enabled the screensaver?  In detail please.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>> Colin,
>>
>> I enabled the xscreensaver by:
>>
>>  From Dash-->Apps-->Screensaver
>>
>> A dialog box appeared with the message Warning about xscreensaver not
>> running
>> and did I want to start it now? My reply was Yes.
>>
>> I chose Mode: Only One Screen Saver and picked Hypertorus
>>
>> Blank after 10 min (default)
>> Cycle after 10 min (default)
>>
>> Unchecked Lock Screen
>>
>> That is all.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jay
>>
> Colin and the List,
>
> I have also tried to uninstall and reinstall the screensaver... there
> was no change.

I usually use xsreensaver as that one seems to run best for me. Ric



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