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Then create rvice file with a command line text editor such as Nano nano ~/.config/systemd/user/rviceĬopy and paste the following text into the fie. Autostart with Systemd serviceĪlternatively, you can get XScreenSaver autostart at boot time with Systemd, which is used by Ubuntu since 15.04 (Willy Werewolf).įirst, execute the following command to create a directory for storing Systemd service file of individual users. If you open XScreenSaver program again, it won’t tell you to start the daemon because the daemon has already been started. Reboot your computer and XScreenSaver daemon should be automatically started when you login. Enter xscreensaver -nosplash in command field. sudo apt remove gnome-screensaverĪdd a new startup entry like below. Since Ubuntu comes with gnome-screensaver, which is a fork of XScreenSaver, we need to remove gnome-screensaver in order to autostart XScreenSaver at boot time.
#Ubuntu xscreensaver how to
How to Get XScreenSaver Autostart at boot time By default, a randomly screensaver will be displayed after 10 minutes inactivity. Upon first start, the program will ask you to start the XScreenSaver daemon. Now you can start XScreenSaver program from the Unity Dash or your preferred application launcher. To check your XScreenSaver version, execute the following command: xscreensaver -help
#Ubuntu xscreensaver install
XScreensaver is included in Ubuntu software repository, so you can easily install it by running the following command in a terminal window.
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Install XScreenSaver on Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 19.04 This tutorial shows you how to install XScreenSaver on Ubuntu 18.04/Ubuntu 19.04 and how to autostart it at boot time. Ubuntu ships with the gnome-screensaver, but it never worked out of the box. This suggests the problem is "Executable path is not absolute", so I opened the file /usr/lib/systemd/user/xscreensaver.XScreensaver is a screen saver and locker for the X11 display server. Апр 03 18:07:22 nestor-Eve-V systemd: rvice: Cannot add dependency job, ignoring: Unit rvice is not loaded properly: Exec format error. Апр 03 18:07:22 nestor-Eve-V systemd: /usr/lib/systemd/user/rvice:5: Executable path is not absolute: xscreensaver Loaded: error (Reason: Exec format error) See user logs and 'systemctl -user status rvice' for details. Systemctl -user start rviceĪfter the last command I got the message: Failed to start rvice: Unit rvice is not loaded properly: Exec format error. Sudo apt-get purge -auto-remove gnome-screensaver Then I followed the instructions here and I did: sudo apt-get remove -auto-remove gnome-screensaver I guess, this is good and excludes the possibility that screensaver just doesn't get automatically started on start-up. If after a restart I type xscreensaver -nosplash I get: xscreensaver: 18:39:29: already running on display :0 (window 0x1a000de) I was afraid to delete the sktop file, so I out commented everything in it. Curiously, when I type locate sktop I get: /etc/xdg/autostart/sktop But If I wait for the screen to time out, it just goes blank black like the gnome-screensaver does, despite that I have gnome-screensaver installed. If I lock the screen with Cntrl+Alt+L then the xscreensaver starts. I don't understand Linux and sys-admin stuff, but I have installed recently xscreensaver Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS as described here and I have followed all the steps.