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A bit back the "Pictures" folder used by the screen saver disappeared. I created a new one, and since I had the files backed up, I put my series of pictures in.
But since then in screen saver mode a tremendous variety of pictures are showing up. Some from web pages I have looked at, some from another folder where I store personal fotos, some from pdf files I have looked at, and some I have no idea where they came from... and of course some from my Pictures folder.
This is not a "serious" problem, but I am left very curious as to what happened, or how to correct the situation.... if there is a correction.
Anyway, any comments or solutions would be very welcome.
Is this xscreensaver you are running? There are options on the 'Advanced' tab to do just what you describe.
I'm running a different distro, so the directories may be a little different. On my system, there is a config directory at /usr/share/xscreensaver/config. In that directory is the config file along with a README file that tells you all about how to config and control xscreensaver.
I opened a terminal, did a 'locate xscreensaver' and found the config files.
If you are not running xscreensaver, what program is it?
Thanks for getting back on my question. I did a xscreensaver locate and found a list of some 100 files!
I noticed a couple of "readme" files and the configuration file. So when I get a bit of time I will explore them and see what I can see. Will eventually get back with a "solved" or not.
That could be right, I have never tried to see what the program will do missing things.
You can try and run the program with 'xscreensaver-demo' ( without the quotes ). This will bring up a panel you can configure the program through. There is an advanced tab, click it, and you can point it at a 'picture' directory, a directory of your files you want to display while things are locked up.
I'm running Mandriva, the default install did not install all screensaver options that are available. I had to install more packages. I search the package manager for 'xscreensaver' and installed what I found. Now I have many more choices.
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