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apps:screensaver:faq [2018/11/23 07:36] – bluesabreapps:screensaver:faq [2018/11/23 08:00] – [Frequently Asked Questions] bluesabre
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-====== Frequently Asked Questions ======+====== Xfce Screensaver FAQ ======
  
 ===== Why doesn't my monitor turn off automatically? ===== ===== Why doesn't my monitor turn off automatically? =====
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 ===== Why doesn't my screensaver activate automatically? ===== ===== Why doesn't my screensaver activate automatically? =====
  
-==== Possibility A ====+''**Possibility A**''
  
 The screensaver daemon is not currently running. You can check this by looking at the running processes, or just run ''xfce4-screensaver'' to start it up. Only one instance will run at a time, and you will be notified if it is already running. The screensaver daemon is not currently running. You can check this by looking at the running processes, or just run ''xfce4-screensaver'' to start it up. Only one instance will run at a time, and you will be notified if it is already running.
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-==== Possibility B ====+''**Possibility B**''
  
 Another application has disabled the X11 screensaver. This can be determined by running ''xdg-screensaver status''. Another application has disabled the X11 screensaver. This can be determined by running ''xdg-screensaver status''.
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 +===== Where are all the screensavers? =====
  
 +Xfce Screensaver uses Xscreensaver-compatible screensavers. These can usually be installed separately from the main Xscreensaver package.
 +
 +If you've already installed the screensavers and they still are not available, you may need to create desktop entries for them so they can be found by Xfce Screensaver. In the future, this process will be automated by Xfce Screensaver. Meanwhile, it is not hard to make your own.
 +
 +**''Example''**
 +
 +By looking at ''/usr/share/xscreensaver/config/abstractile.xml'', all of the importing information can be found.
 +
 +<code>
 +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 +
 +<screensaver name="abstractile" _label="Abstractile">
 +
 +  <command arg="-root"/>
 +  ...
 +</code>
 +
 +The compatible desktop entry, installed to ''/usr/share/applications/screensavers/abstractile.desktop'', looks like this.
 +
 +<code>
 +[Desktop Entry]
 +Type=Application
 +Name=Abstractile
 +Exec=/usr/lib/xscreensaver/abstractile -root
 +TryExec=/usr/lib/xscreensaver/abstractile
 +Categories=Screensaver;
 +</code>
 +
 +In this example, you can see that the ''Name'' key is derived from the screensaver label, ''Exec'' and ''TryExec'' both use the screensaver binary path, and the ''Exec'' key also includes the command arguments.