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Date:      14 Nov 2005 09:55:55 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Tim Jones <tim@mr-dog.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: gnome-screensaver as background?
Message-ID:  <44r79j9t38.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <oqYdf.21590$Ua6.3375@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>
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Tim Jones <tim@mr-dog.net> writes:

> Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Tim Jones <tim@mr-dog.net> writes:
> >
> >>Is it possible to use gnome-screensaver as a desktop background? I.e.,
> >>on the root window with no screen blanking and no locking.
> > It's certainly possible to do that directly with the graphics hacks.
> 
> Any more clues? Do you mean the xscreensaver-gnome-hacks port? How?

See the documentation.
I don't use the gnome version, but I have the following running at the
moment, which is the kind of thing you're looking for:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver-hacks/hypercube -root -background midnightBlue



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