[ale] linux screen saver

[Geoffrey]

John G. Heim wrote:
> I cannot figure out how to get a linux screen saver to start at the gnome 
> login prompt.
> 
> We rundebian linux and I've discovered that by default, it turns on a screen 
> saver that requires the user to re-enter a password if the console is idle 
> long enough. But I need the screen to go blank if nobody logs in for 5 or 10 
> minutes. Googling showed me lots of ways to configure a screen saver for a 
> user but that' means it would work only after a user logs in.
> 
> I'm sorry I'm kind of ignorant of gnome & gdm. I'm blind and I have only 
> used the GUI a few times. I'm trying to learn how to use it with the new-ish 
> screen reader for gnome, orca. But I have a long way to go.

So you're trying to have the screensaver running before anyone logs in? 
  I'm not sure I understand the purpose.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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