Is there a working screensaver in LMDE Cinnamon

tlcmd · Post by **tlcmd** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:42 pm

Assistance, please. After reading and searching, it appears that there is no real working screensaver in LMDE Cinnamon. If not, which is a good one to download from the repository which will allow me to show my downloaded pictures from a file in "Home?"

Thaks,
tlcmd

kurotsugi · Post by **kurotsugi** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:47 pm

'dpkg -l |grep screensaver'

this command will check which screensaver installed on your system. when cinnamon 1.8 arrives, we got cinnamon-screensaver installed. your probably have two screensaver installed thus makes the screensaver didn't work. you need to choose one of them. aside from gnome-screensaver and cinnamon-screensaver, you can also use xscreensaver. kde-screensaver is exist but you'll need to install a lot of kde and qt framework to make it work.

If not, which is a good one to download from the repository which will allow me to show my downloaded pictures from a file in "Home?"

I don't know which one best for you. you might need to try them one by one. cinnamon and gnome doesn't have option to set the picture but xscreensaver have one. nevertheless, it can only show one picture at one time.

tlcmd · Post by **tlcmd** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:54 pm

Thanks for the reply. I had a screensaver in LMDE Mate which allowed me to select the folder from which the pics could be used and the time the pic was displayed.
tlcmd

jr121705 · Post by **jr121705** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:23 am

kurotsugi wrote:'dpkg -l |grep screensaver'

this command will check which screensaver installed on your system. when cinnamon 1.8 arrives, we got cinnamon-screensaver installed. your probably have two screensaver installed thus makes the screensaver didn't work. you need to choose one of them.

I ran this command and I have cinnamon, gnome, and xscreensaver. How do I choose one of them? It would be nice to have a tutorial about working with the screensaver for newbies like me.

merryoakparker · Post by **merryoakparker** » Fri Oct 18, 2013 8:33 am

I just checked and have the gnome screensaver 3.4.1-1 in my LMDE cinnamon. How do I open and start it?
Thanks,
merryoakparker

kurotsugi · Post by **kurotsugi** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:58 pm

only one screensaver will work at one time. you need to uninstall the other screensaver if you have more than one installed in your system.

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