Screensaver?

ToddAndMargo ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Sat Aug 22 13:04:30 CEST 2015


On 08/22/2015 03:59 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 05:27:53 -0400
> ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>
>> On 08/22/2015 05:22 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 03:58:12 -0400
>>> ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I just upgraded to Scientific Linux 7.1 (RHEL clone) and
>>>> Xfce 4.10.1.
>>>>
>>>> I installed Xfce with "yum --eanblerepo=epel* groupinstall xfce"
>>>>
>>>> Not not ask too stupid a question, but what happened to the
>>>> screensaver?
>>>
>>> Try Settings -> Power Manager -> Display. Or install xscreensaver or
>>> something similar. Or read the 'xset' man page, focus on the 's' and
>>> 'dpms' options.
>>>
>>> Petter
>>
>>
>> # yum whatprovides xcreensaver
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Is that a typo?
>
> If you just want to blank the screen, as opposed to getting pretty
> pictures or animations, 'xset' will do what you need and should come by
> default with your X server.
>
> Petter

Hi Petter,
Ah Poop!  You called it!

Thank you!

-T




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