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Idea #242: Screensaver Prefs!

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #185: Add screensaver settings in gnome-screensaver.
Written by terra the 28 Feb 08 at 23:50. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Why can't we configure any of the screensavers?!?! :)
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Written by terra the 28 Feb 08 at 23:50.
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ozymandias wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 00:54
I modify them. It's possible.

Estesark wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 01:29
^ How? I imagine you have to do something which is either difficult or not very obvious, especially to new users.

I would like to able to configure them through the screen saver selection utility, definitely. If for nothing else, there should be the option of selecting which folder(s) to include in the slide show screen saver, rather than having to use your default pictures folder.

cmr wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 05:45
or at least give us back our preferences link when we choose xscreensaver over gnome-screensaver.

captainpugwash wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 12:56
I would kill for a photo realistic marine aquarium screen saver like windows has.

1338h4x wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 20:36
You can configure screensavers, just not through gnome-screensaver, which is the default application. And that shouldn't be the default, it shouldn't even be considered ready for release without being configurable. And since the author staunchly refuses to add configuration options and nobody's made a fork of it, we ought to go back to xscreensaver. That program has options that Just Work.


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