#CONFIGURE XSCREENSAVER LOGOFF INSTALL#

For example, instead of a blank screen you could launch one of the inbuilt screensavers such as “Mystify” or a custom corporate screensaver. Alternatively, a “passthru” screensaver can be used.

LogoffScreensaver options: Wait 900 seconds (15 mins) and then logoffīy default, the Logoff Screensaver will simply blank the screen and wait for the Idle Time to expire before performing a logoff or shutdown. In order to change this behavior and redirect to the actual Citrix gateway logon page after logoff, we need to configure the following Responder action and policy and bind it to the Citrix Gateway vserver object.

Standard Screensaver options: Wait 15 mins, lock workstation on resume Log off user, shut down or restart computer, or run any process when left idle.

For example, if an organisation wanted to lock the machine after 15 minutes and then force logoff after an additional 15 minutes the configuration would be performed as follows: It's configured through the /.xscreensaver file and setup is done (IIRC: it's been 15 years since I used it) through the xscreensaver-demo tool.

#CONFIGURE XSCREENSAVER LOGOFF INSTALL#

Install it with sudo apt-get install xscreensaver and don't forget to add it to your lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart file if you want it to start after every reboot. It's gonna work the way it works, and its developer (JWZ) is quite () opinionated about how it should work. Perhaps xscreensaver is the easiest to set up, as it comes with a graphical config dialog. Or, you can use the XScreenSaver dialog to create a HOME/.xscreensaver. XScreenSaver is a very established program: it was stable roughly 20 years ago. setting so that the screensaver that you want to see instead replaces the boring Windows. DISPLAY MODES TAB This page contains a list of the names of the various display modes, a preview area, and some fields that let you configure screen saver behavior. Once the screensaver is started, instead of immediately logging of or shutting down it can be made to wait for an additional number of seconds. To set default screensaver preferences for all users, modify the XScreenSaver file. As soon as you log off, the new lock screen settings appear. Opens up a web browser looking at the XScreenSaver web page, where you can find online copies of the xscreensaver(1), xscreensaver-settings(1), and xscreensaver-command(1) manuals.

All of these options can also be set by the command line that starts xscreensaver. If xscreensaver.cycle is set to 0, then no cycling will take place. After shutdown the machine is also powered off if supported by the hardware. .Xscreensaver will now start after 2 minutes of inactivity, and will switch to another graphics hack every 1 minute after that. Two custom actions can be performed with the screensaver:Īll running applications are forced to close, and the logoff or shutdown is initiated. On the Background page, type the command 'xscreensaver -nosplash' into the Background Program field. On the General page set the Local Greeter to Standard Greeter. The following sections list the main features of the Logoff Screensaver. You can run xscreensaver from your gdm (1) session, so that the screensaver will run even when nobody is logged in on the console.

Configure xscreensaver logoff