A screen saver and locker for the X Window System
The xscreensaver program waits until the keyboard and mouse have been
idle for a period of time, and then runs a graphics demo chosen at
random. It turns off as soon as there is any mouse or keyboard
activity. It can also lock the screen immediately, after a longer idle
period, or on demand.
The xscreensaver package consists of two parts: the screensaver and the
"driver" or "daemon", which detects idleness and does locking, and the
many graphics demos that are launched by xscreensaver.
Any X program that can draw on the root window can be used with
xscreensaver, regardless of how that program is written, what language
it is written in, or what libraries it uses. The xscreensaver daemon
takes care of detecting when the user is idle, locking, and checking
passwords and all the other book-keeping. All the other programs need
to do is draw.
The benefit that xscreensaver has over the combination of the xlock and
xautolock programs is the ease with which new graphic hacks can be
installed. You do not need to recompile (or even re-run) the
xscreensaver program to add a new display mode, you just change a
config file.
- Links to X11:Utilities / xscreensaver
- Has a link diff
- Download package
Source Files (show merged sources derived from linked package)
Filename | Size | Changed |
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_link | 0000000121 121 Bytes | 11 months |
xscreensaver-5.43.tar.gz | 0026973508 25.7 MB | 11 months |
xscreensaver-background.patch | 0000000579 579 Bytes | about 6 years |
xscreensaver-bug-reports.patch | 0000001992 1.95 KB | about 2 years |
xscreensaver-data-extra.list | 0000002078 2.03 KB | 11 months |
xscreensaver-data.list | 0000000414 414 Bytes | almost 11 years |
xscreensaver-default-screensaver.patch | 0000003846 3.76 KB | 11 months |
xscreensaver-desktops-generate.sh | 0000002089 2.04 KB | over 5 years |
xscreensaver-disable-upgrade-nagging-message.patch | 0000001920 1.88 KB | about 2 years |
xscreensaver-fireworkx-man.patch | 0000000524 524 Bytes | about 6 years |
xscreensaver-ignore-no-pwent-password.patch | 0000000670 670 Bytes | about 6 years |
xscreensaver-mansuffix.patch | 0000000832 832 Bytes | about 6 years |
xscreensaver-rpmlintrc | 0000000089 89 Bytes | over 5 years |
xscreensaver-slideshow-dri-detect.patch | 0000001974 1.93 KB | almost 4 years |
xscreensaver-webcollage-dictpath.patch | 0000000426 426 Bytes | about 6 years |
xscreensaver.changes | 0000046048 45 KB | 11 months |
xscreensaver.pamd | 0000000165 165 Bytes | about 14 years |
xscreensaver.spec | 0000011935 11.7 KB | 11 months |
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