11). But xscreensaver can express your personality, create a bit of pizzaz, and as a
bonus, lock your workstation when it??™s left idle.
The xscreensaver package is made up of four programs:
xscreensaver
The server process, which runs in the background waiting until a set amount of
time has passed since the last keyboard or mouse input was received.
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xscreensaver-command
A command-oriented client for the server.
xscreensaver-demo
An interactive client for the server, which lets you preview the screensaver.
graphics demos or hacks
Programs that provide the interesting visual effects for the screensaver; these
exist as individual files in /usr/share/xscreensaver.
To begin using xscreensaver, start the server in the background??”this can be done in
a startup script file, such as ~/.xinitrc:
$ xscreensaver &
The configuration will be retrieved from ~/.xscreensaver. You can change the configuration
using xscreensaver-demo:
$ xscreensaver-demo
You can also control the xscreensaver server using xscreensaver-command followed
by options indicating the action you wish the server to perform. These are the most
common and useful options:
-exit
Terminates the server.
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