Screen savers

[R C]

from what I understand,  screensavers is a thing of the past, won't work 
anymore, they just turn the screen/monitor off now.

(I used to have xscreensaver running,  I liked it)


Ron


On 2/12/22 19:56, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> I have been running xscreensaver for years because I like how it works
> and the options it provides.
>
> That said, I was out of the house today and when I returned, the
> screen was black.  xscreensaver was still running, but now it tells me
> the glslideshow has no preview available, and no option I tried
> worked.
>
> I have noticed since installing Xubuntu 21.10 on my desktop that the
> xscreensaver was behaving oddly - graying out the screenshots after a
> few seconds and never leaving the display unchanged to show the
> images.  I searched the xscreensaver configurations for an option or
> switch to apply and found none.  To me, this new situation is
> sufficiently dysfunctional to let it go.
>
> I've dealt with the gent (loose term) who produces it, and his version
> of customer support fails my lowest possible baseline.  It mostly
> consists of 1) it's your fault, 2) it's your distro's fault for not
> running his latest and greatest, and 3) go find the installesr online
> yourself - he doesn't provide them.  He also tells me not to try and
> build it myself - given the foregoing, I agree.
>
> I did several google searches for an up to date binary, and nothing at
> all came back that was less than 16 years old - no help there.
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1) Does anyone know where a reasonably up to date binary Debian/Ubuntu
> xscreensaver installer exists for download and install?  I'm looking
> for version 6 or newer (the one in 21.10 is 5.5 something and purging
> and reinstalling did not fix the problem).  If I can find one that
> works, I'll tolerate the weirdness if I can.
>
> 2) Is it worth engaging the xfce4 screensaver and power manager (they
> go together AFAICT)?  I just installed them (I removed them from the
> original install) and they seem to be okay for now.
>
> If I sound upset, it's true - my frustration level with this whole
> issue has gone way beyond my limits.
>
> I appreciate any and all constructive feedback (excluding use of the
> gnome screensaver - not going there).
>
> Thanks and my apologies for the ranting rone - you folks are not in
> any way responsible for my frustration, and I thank you most
> profoundly for that.
>
> Mark
>