screensaver

[Globe Trotter]

--- On Wed, 12/3/08, Kok, Auke <sofar at foo-projects.org> wrote:

> From: Kok, Auke <sofar at foo-projects.org>
> Subject: Re: screensaver
> To: "XFCE general discussion list" <xfce at xfce.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 1:05 PM
> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:49:27 -0800 (PST) Globe Trotter
> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have been wondering if there is a screensaver
> for xfce? I don't
> >> like the reputed bloat with xcreensaver and my
> preferred option xlock
> >> has been freezing with Fedora 10 so I wonder if
> there is an
> >> alternative.
> > 
> > xscreensaver is considered bloat now?  Wow. 
> xscreensaver is probably
> > the lightest, most secure screensaver out there. 
> (xlock is lighter,
> > but not particularly secure.)
> > 
> > But if you really think xscreensaver is bloat, you
> probably shouldn't
> > be using Xfce either ^_~.
> 
> not true. I would bet that a lot of people just use their
> screensaver to blank
> their screen and turn off the monitor (the optimum for
> powersavings).

One thing I dislike about my command for xscreensaver is that it does not turn on the DPMS. As a result, the screen never goes blank. I consider this to be an unnecessary waste of resources. Is it possible to let the DPMS power savings come on with xscreensaver?

Many thanks,
Trotter