Well known X screen saver is a perfect drop in as Screen Style Manager for NsCDE. It is more
extended, fancier and more capable than original CDE screensaver. Xscreensaver has it's own
configuration in ~/.xscreensaver
. If this file does not exist during
initial setup of the NsCDE, and if xscreensaver(1) is installed on the system, a default
NsCDE version of the ~/.xscreensaver
will be installed in user's
home directory. Xscreensaver probably does not have much sense in virtual machines, but on
notebooks and workstations it is almost mandatory as a locking mechanism with surplus
value of nice animations.
Xscreensaver's GUI configuration program xscreensaver-demo(1) can be called from the NsCDE Style Manager main window. It allows user to tune various acpects of the program's behaviour such as:
Xscreensaver damon management
Locking or just blanking
Which screensaver animations (hacks) are enabled
Mode of operation (One animation only, random, blank screen only)
Cycling in random mode and blanking timers
Weather images of the desktop may be grabbed by certain animations (security concern)
Path to directory with photos which may be used in animations.
Text sources for manipulation by certail animations
Power management: this parameters are also set by the Power Style Manager
Fade in and fade out of the animations when screen is unlocked.
X screen saver may be started with Meta+Alt+L or with the lock icon upper left from the
Workspace Manager on the Front Panel. Screen may also be locked from the Workspace Menu with the
option . For all this to work, usage of the xscreensaver must be
enabled in the $HOME/.NsCDE/NsCDe.conf
- nscde_use_xscreensaver
must be set to 1.