
- #Customize xscreensaver lock screen install
- #Customize xscreensaver lock screen code
- #Customize xscreensaver lock screen password
Not sure what he's referring to in "app-defaults file", but maybe it's in the system somewhere. If you want to use a custom image you can transfer it to dom0 from a qube using qvm-get-image or qvm-get-tinted-image which will tint the selected image. So maybe people don't care about the look of the dialog as much as they claim. If you want to change the display, run xscreensaver-demo (xscreensaver-settings in 4.1), and you can change the display-mode there.

Note: It is now 2019, and in the 15 years since I wrote those words, literally no one has ever done this. There are a few examples of other looks in XScreenSaver.ad. (If you think you have changes that make it look more "conventional", please send them to me.

Personally, I think the current unlock dialog looks very much like the default GTK theme, but if you disagree, it's easy to tweak it by simply editing the colors and border sizes in the app-defaults file. Package Version Arch Repository .aarch64.rpm: 5.45: aarch64.
#Customize xscreensaver lock screen password
For a dialog as simple as the password entry box, the "look" of the toolkit really just comes down to colors, fonts, and border widths. This package contains common files to make screensaver hacks work for XScreenSaver. I think that #1 can be solved without using a toolkit. Since this process is interrupted (by sleeping) on resume the screen shows up slightly greyed (as it would be after a second of fade-out) and stays like that seemingly until the 10 seconds are up (fading seems to stop. In looking at the author's page, I see this: Unfortunately it's not this simple with XScreenSaver - it will take until xscreensaver.lockTimeout to fully blank the screen.
#Customize xscreensaver lock screen install
In addition, to revert all settings execute following to remove xscreensaver and install gnome-screensaver.Is there a way to replace xscreensaver altogether? I'm checking out Lubuntu 19.10 in a VM and it's looking good (coming from Xubuntu and currently on MX-Linux), but the screensaver login screen looks like Windows 98. Command area input xscreensaver-command -lock Then under Custom Shortcuts, click + to add shortcut to launch xscreensaver to lock screen. You can disable it by Top Right corner menu -> System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shorcuts tab -> System The default lock screen key combination launches gnome-screensaver. Command area input xscreensaver -nosplash Click Add to add xscreensaver as a auto-start app. I wanted it for three things: Control/change screen saver/ blank screen 10 min Lock screen 1 hour Turn off (or sleep) screen 2 hour Constant annoying popups, and lock screen doesnt work like it should (and when it does work it doesnt use the default raspi loginUI. Launch Startup Applications from the dash home. apt-get install xscreensaver It is total crap. First time it prompts to stop gnome-screensaver for xscreensaver to work properly Sudo apt-get install xscreensaver xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl-extra

#Customize xscreensaver lock screen code
I created a /.Xresources file, pasted this code taken (and modified) from the wiki: xscreensaver. Install xscreensaver and some additional packages with this command: I've been following the instructions on Arch Wiki for theming the XScreenSaver's login window.

Search “terminal” from the dash or Ctrl+Alt+T to launch a terminal window,Įxecute following commands to remove gnome-screensaver: sudo apt-get remove gnome-screensaver You can enable screen savers by replacing default gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver. Ubuntu 12.04 doesn’t have any screen savers by default but only a black screen when your system is idled. The easiest way to configure xscreensaver is to simply run the xscreensaver-demo(1) program, and change the settings through the GUI.
