On Thursday 12 March 2015 14:04:30 Bret Busby wrote: > On 12/03/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thursday 12 March 2015 09:33:28 Bret Busby wrote: > >> On my Debian 7.8 system, both xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver, are > >> shown as being installed, and, now, to try to get a screensaver to > >> work, I have downloaded hundreds of MB of extra stuff, to try to find > >> a screensaver that works on Debian 7, so I also, now, apparently, have > >> the kscreensaver (and thence, kde and kdm, and k*). > >> > >> But, in traversing through the menu's in the GNOME Classic interface, > >> no screensaver is listed, that can be found, and, in going to the > >> System Tools -> Administration and System Tools -> Preferences, > >> nothing is displayed, that refers to screensavers. > >> > >> Does Debian 7 allow screensavers, that lock a screen, and require > >> logging in, either when the system has no external input for a defined > >> period of time, or, when a person manually invokes the "Lock screen" > >> functionality? > > > > This whole thing is surely a function of the DE, not the OS or version > > thereof? > > > > Lisi > > I assume by "DE", you mean Desktop Environment? > > If so, does that include the Desktop Manager?
I was including it, yes. It is, I would have said, tho' I am prepared to be corrected, not a function of the OS or version thereof, and therefore in no way the fault of Debian 7. It appears to work fine in Debian 7 and TDE 3.10.13.2, but I don't actually use it. > The default Desktop Manager is shown as being LDM, which I assume to > be the LXDE Desktop Manager, as it was installed with (I believe) the > LXDE interface, and had been running LXDE, until I found the GNOME > Classic interface option, in the login window, and I now log in using > the GNOME Classic interface, as it appears to be the closest available > interface, to the GNOME2 interface.. > > -- > Bret Busby -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201503121421.24118.lisi.re...@gmail.com
