- #CUSTOMIZE XSCREENSAVER LOCK SCREEN MANUAL#
- #CUSTOMIZE XSCREENSAVER LOCK SCREEN PASSWORD#
- #CUSTOMIZE XSCREENSAVER LOCK SCREEN WINDOWS#
log filenameĪppend all diagnostic output to the given file. For displays with multiple screens, XScreenSaver will manage all screens on the display simultaneously.
Command-Line Options -display host:display.screen The display modes are run at a low process priority, and spend most of their time sleeping/idle by default, so they should not consume significant system resources.
#CUSTOMIZE XSCREENSAVER LOCK SCREEN WINDOWS#
When the user becomes active again, the screensaver windows are unmapped, and the running subprocesses are killed. The various graphics demos are, in fact, just standalone programs that do that. Because of this, any program which can draw on a provided window can be used as a screensaver. A sub-process is launched for each one running a graphics demo, pointed at the appropriate window. When it is time to activate the screensaver, a full-screen black window is created that covers each monitor. You configure it with the xscreensaver-settings(1) program. XScreenSaver is a daemon that runs in the background. XScreenSaver is also available on macOS, iOS and Android. It can also lock your screen, and provides configuration and control of display power management. XScreenSaver waits until the user is idle, and then runs graphics demos chosen at random.
See here for the restrictions, which I found only afterwards: Īnd here is the process you have to follow to properly hard-code the images: or īy the way, I suggest to change the font to something else, as not everyone has the "dina" font. I will give it a try in the future, but so far i will stick to the flaming computer logo. I neglected those, resulting in a complete crash of my system. See this thread for more infoĪlso, there are various important restrictions regarding the xpm file. However, there is a remark on changing the logo. The logo is located in usr/share/pixmaps and is called xscreensaver.svg and xscreensaver.xpm. If you are familiar with svg image programmes (like Inkscape), you also could modify the logo to suit your own wishes. The run through the following steps to enable your changes: xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources Xscreensaver.dateFormat: %I:%M%P %a %b %d, %YĬopy and paste the following for the second picture: xscreensaver.splash: false
#CUSTOMIZE XSCREENSAVER LOCK SCREEN MANUAL#
!datestamp format-see the strftime(3) manual page for details !timeout bar (background is actually determined by ) !username/password input box and date text colour
#CUSTOMIZE XSCREENSAVER LOCK SCREEN PASSWORD#
!general dialog box (affects main hostname, username, password text) Xresources located in the home folder.Ĭopy and paste the following for the first picture above: xscreensaver.splash: false Using leafpad ( leafpad ~/.Xresources) create/amend the file. Anything more will probably need to recompile xscreensaver and change the source.
The closest you can come to theming is to change the colours/fonts & date-time format.