Introduction to XScreenSaver
The XScreenSaver is a modular
screen saver and locker for the X Window System. It is highly
customizable and allows the use of any program that can draw on the
root window as a display mode. The purpose of XScreenSaver is to display pretty pictures on
your screen when it is not in use, in keeping with the philosophy
that unattended monitors should always be doing something
interesting, just like they do in the movies. However, XScreenSaver can also be used as a screen
locker, to prevent others from using your terminal while you are
away.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-10.0
platform.
Package Information
XScreenSaver Dependencies
Required
libglade-2.6.4 and Xorg Applications
Recommended
GLU-9.0.1
Optional
GDM-3.36.3, GLE and Linux-PAM-1.4.0
Optional (runtime)
The adobe-100dpi font, with libXfont and bdftopcf from Xorg Legacy
Fonts (to enlarge the splash screen, error messages, and
password prompt)
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xscreensaver
Installation of XScreenSaver
Install XScreenSaver by running
the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
make install
Configuring XScreenSaver
Config
Files
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver
and ~/.xscreensaver
Linux PAM
Configuration
If XScreenSaver has been built
with Linux PAM support, you need
to create a PAM configuration
file, to get it working correctly with BLFS.
Issue the following commands as the root user to create the configuration file
for Linux PAM:
cat > /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver
auth include system-auth
account include system-account
# End /etc/pam.d/xscreensaver
EOF