I hope this tutorial helpd you install and autostart XScreenSaver on Ubuntu 16.04/16.10 As always, if you found this post useful, subscribe to our free newsletter or follow us on Google+, Twitter or like our Facebook page.
Finally, enable this service so that XScreenSaver will be automatically started at boot time. Expand the combo box in the dialog to display your installed screensavers. Click Screensaver in the window to open the Screen Saver Settings dialog. Press CTRL+X to exit out of nano text editor. Click Personalize in the context menu to open your Personalization settings window. ĮxecStart=/usr/bin/xscreensaver -nosplash Then create rvice file with nano text editor. We can also get XScreenSaver autostart at boot time with Systemd, which is used by Ubuntu since 15.04.įirst, execute the following command to create a directory for storing Systemd service file of individual users. When you open XScreenSaver demo program again, it won’t tell you to start the daemon because the daemon has already been started. Reboot your computer and XScreenSaver daemon should be automatically started. Enter xscreensaver -nosplash in command field. sudo apt remove gnome-screensaverĪdd a new startup entry like below. Since Ubuntu comes preloaded with gnome-screensaver, which is a fork of XScreenSaver, we need to remove gnome-screensaver in order to autostart XScreenSaver at boot time.
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How to Get XScreenSaver Autostart at boot time The demo program will ask you to start XScreenSaver daemon. Now you can start XScreenSaver demo program from Unity Dash or your preferred App launcher. To check your XScreenSaver version, execute the following command: xscreensaver -help
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hda-me/xscreensaver
To install the latest version, you can use the following PPA. Install xscreensaver from Ubuntu repository with: sudo apt install xscreensaver Install XScreenSaver from Ubuntu Repository or PPA This tutorial shows you how to install XScreenSaver on Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10 and how to autostart it at boot time. XScreensaver is a screen saver and locker for X11. Made xscreensaver-demo install itself into the Gnome Control Center.
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