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4. Screen Saver

The Screen Saver setup dialog is comprised of three sections:

  1. The screen saver Preview Monitor.
  2. The global screen saver Settings.
  3. The Screen Saver to display.

4.1 Preview Monitor

This is a minature representation of your screen saver, using the current settings. To apply these settings to your display, press the Apply button to continue using the KDE display setup utility or Ok button to apply your changes and quit.

In the corners of this monitor are four grey boxes. These boxes indicate what action to take if the cursor is left in one of the corners for more than 5 seconds. The options are:

Note: Pressing Ok or Apply applies changes made in all of the display setup modules.

4.2 Settings

Enter the time (in minutes) without activity to wait before the screen saver is invoked.

Checking Requires Password will make the screen saver prompt you for a password before restoring the screen. (Either the user's or the root password can unlock the screen.)

Priority sets the "nice" value of the screen saver.

4.3 Screen Saver

To change your screen saver, select one from the list. The screen saver will be shown in minature in the preview monitor.

Most screen savers have settings which can be changed by clicking the Setup... button. This will display a dialog specific to the currently selected screen saver.

The Test button runs the screen saver immediately, full screen.

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