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Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:05 am
by tlcmd
Just installed the "new" LMDE (201303) and cannot find the screen-saver setup. Where is it since the menu doesn't really make it obvious? Or if it does, I've gone blind.
Sorry for the dumb questions, but i am moving from Windows to Linux and lack one program (MovieOrganizer 2.8.6) to make my move complete.
tlcmd (aka Dick)
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:21 am
by phlux
Greetings!
As far as I know, Cinnamon does not (yet) support screensavers natively since it is based so much on GNOME3 (Muffin).
You can, however, install the XScreensaver package if you wish.
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:13 pm
by tlcmd
Thanks, nice to know that I've been searching for something that wasn't there; at least the question is relevent.
Dick
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:26 am
by krige
phlux wrote:You can, however, install the XScreensaver package if you wish.
I did that but the only way to run it seems to be to call it from a terminal: there is no item called "XScreensaver" in the menu and the "Screensaver & Lock Settings" in System Tools / System Settings shows only a text field to input the default away message.
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:53 am
by kurotsugi
cinnamon 1.8 and 2.0 have their own screensaver called cinnamon-screensaver. the option is on cinnamon-control-center. please run this command and tell us the result
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:38 am
by krige
kurotsugi wrote:cinnamon 1.8 and 2.0 have their own screensaver called cinnamon-screensaver. the option is on cinnamon-control-center.
Where is that? I can't find it.
kurotsugi wrote:please run this command and tell us the result
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rc cinnamon-screensaver 1.8.0+lmde amd64 Cinnamon screen saver and locker
rc gnome-screensaver 3.4.1-1 amd64 GNOME screen saver and locker
rc xscreensaver 5.15-3 amd64 Automatic screensaver for X
rc xscreensaver-data 5.15-3 amd64 data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:50 am
by kurotsugi
you don't have any installed screensaver on your system. that's why you can't find it. run 'sudo aptitude install cinnamon-screensaver' and go into cinnamon control center for the option.
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:42 pm
by jr121705
I am having the same problem and can not figure out how to get the screen saver to work.
The command
Gives me
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ii cinnamon-screensaver 2.0.3+lmde amd64 Cinnamon screen saver and locker
rc xscreensaver-data 5.15-3 amd64 data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
rc xscreensaver-gl 5.15-3 amd64 GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver
I tried running
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sudo aptitude install cinnamon-screensaver
but the Cinnamon Screen saver still does not show up in the control center. What am I doing wrong?
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:56 am
by kurotsugi
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:59 am
by jr121705
results in:
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ii cinnamon-control-center 2.0.9+lmde amd64 utilities to configure the Cinnamon desktop
ii cinnamon-control-center-data 2.0.9+lmde all configuration applets for Cinnamon - data files
ii gnome-control-center 1:3.8.3-4 amd64 utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
ii gnome-control-center-data 1:3.8.3-4 all configuration applets for GNOME - data files
ii libcinnamon-control-center1 2.0.9+lmde amd64 utilities to configure the Cinnamon desktop
ii libgnome-control-center1 1:3.2.2-2 amd64 utilities to configure the GNOME desktop
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:22 am
by kurotsugi
I bet you're using wrong control center :3
get rid the gnome-control-center. the setting should be on cinnamon's control center.
Re: Where is the screen saver setup
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:53 pm
by jr121705
kurotsugi wrote:I bet you're using wrong control center :3
get rid the gnome-control-center. the setting should be on cinnamon's control center.
Okay, I did that but I still cannot find the screen saver. I made sure that cinnamon screen saver was installed and it is, but still cannot find it.