Un-blanked.) -watch Prints a line each time the screensaver changes state: when the screenīlanks, locks, unblanks, or when the running hack is changed. Since it only tells you when the screen became blanked or (roughly, how long the user has been idle or non-idle: but not quite, time Prints the time at which the screensaver last activated or deactivated xscreensaver file has changedĪnd re-reads it as needed. restart Causes the screensaver process to exit and then restart with the sameĬommand line arguments as last time. State, and you may need to restart your window manager to repair theĭamage. If you are usingĪ virtual root window manager, that can leave things in an inconsistent With xscreensaver while the screensaver is active. exit Causes the xscreensaver process to exit gracefully. This is intended to be run justĪfter your laptop's lid is closed, and just before the CPU halts, to lock Powers off the screen without fading out. suspend Like -activate, but ignores lockTimeout and immediately Note that locking doesn't work unless the xscreensaver Resource is false, and even if the lockTimeout resource is Locking is not the default (that is, even if xscreensaver's lock This is like -activate, but forces locking as well, even if (The first element in the list is numbered 1, not 0.) -lock Tells the running xscreensaver process to lock the screen immediately. You can use this to activate the screensaver with a particular graphicsĭemo. By knowing what is in the programs list, and in what order, Number Like -activate, but runs the Nth element in the list of That.) -prev This is like -next, but cycles in the other direction. settings option is probably an easier way to accomplish
Words, repeatedly executing -next will cause the xscreensaver process to Is the next one in the list, instead of a randomly-chosen one.
Which is more appropriate, except that the graphics hack that will be run Screen from blanking.) -cycle If the screensaver is active (the screen is blanked), then stop theĬurrent graphics demo and run a new one (chosen randomly.) -next This is like either -activate or -cycle, depending on deactivate command periodically is one way to prevent the This simulated user activity will re-start the countdown (so, issuing the If the screen is locked, then the passwordĭialog will pop up first, as usual. This command will cause the screen to un-blank as if there had been This means that if the screensaver is active (the screen is blanked), then
deactivate This tells xscreensaver to pretend that there has just been user activity. The user had been idle for long enough.) The screensaver will deactivateĪs soon as there is any user activity, as usual. activate Tell xscreensaver to turn on immediately (that is, blank the screen, as if quiet Only print output if an error occurs. Options: -help Prints a brief summary of command-line options. Xscreensaver-command accepts the following command-line The xscreensaver-command program controls a running | -prev | -select n | -lock | -suspend | -exit | -restart | [-help | -quiet | -verbose | -activate | -deactivate | -cycle | -next Xscreensaver-command - control a running xscreensaver process SYNOPSIS
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