Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Slideshow screensaver with multiple monitors

[Hamie]

On Friday 13 July 2007 19:02, Duncan wrote:
> Hamie <hamish@××××××××××××××.com> posted
> 200707131759.16023.hamish@××××××××××××××.com, excerpted below, on  Fri, 13
>
> Jul 2007 17:59:13 +0100:
> > Has anyone managed to get the screensaver (KDE) when in slideshow with
> > photos to display a whole photo per monitor, rather than trying to
> > display a single photo spread out over multiple monitors?
> >
> > Other than that it works fine... But since my monitors are different
> > sizes & dpi it would look a great deal better if each screen had its own
> > photo (This is running X in either real xinerama, or pseudo xinerama
> > modes).
>
> FWIW, while I'm a KDE guy, I don't normally run screensavers.  Rather, I
> have the system put my monitors to sleep.  Or sometimes I run amarok or
> kaffeine with visualizations (on one or both screens, they're 21 and 22
> inch, so close enough, and both 1600x1200) and don't have them go to
> sleep.  The amarok corona visualization can be quite restful.
>
> To each his own, of course, but I just never found most screensavers
> useful or interesting after the novelty wore off, in part due to issues
> such as the one you mention.
>

They're useful to lock the screen. My laptop lives on my desk @ work during 
the day. Since I work in a security area the computers have to be locked when 
we step away from them. 

Using a screen saver for this is handy, because not only does KDE have a 
useful lock button, it also timesout and starts when KDE has bene idle for a 
time so if I get distracted it does it for me.

It also means my screen isn't viewable by passers by if I'm not in front of 
it...

Hamish.