![]() ![]() Once you stop any of these programs though your desktop environment will overwrite the desktop background with whatever it was set to before. Some other programs have options like this to redirect the output of the program to another window. For instance, the mpv video player can do this using the -wid option mpv -wid 0x2400007 ~/Videos/aquarium.mp4 Some other programs like command line video players can have their output changed to a specific window id. You can just run those commands to see what is available and by default they will run the screensaver in a separate window. If not, you should first of all find out if you have xscreensaver installed and where the visuals are located. However, if I am watching videos on YouTube and the same 10 minutes passes, the screen saver engages. When the computer is left alone for the 10 minute delay I put into the settings, the screen goes black and no screen saver comes. 164 ( faae-vYYH) 5() 10:36:07.00 ID:uEiLGnJ40(1/10) >158 WindowsUbuntu6. I installed Xscreensaver on my Ubuntu installation, version 20.04. There are no registered releases for the xscreensaver head. Usually the screensaver visuals are in that directory. Ubuntu Linux 136 2ch:linux VIPQ2EXTDAT: checked:vvvvv:1000:512:: EXT was configured. XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for the X Window System. You should probably first see what visuals are available by running ls /usr/lib/xscreensaver Replace 0x2400007 with whatever window id is shown in your output. Copy this window id then is it as an argument to the -window-id option in most xscreensaver visuals like this: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/skyrocket -window-id 0x2400007 ![]() The window id will start with "0x" and include a long number after that. Run the following command in a terminal window and click on your desktop area: xwininfo | grep "Window id:" One way to use a screensaver as a background is by changing the output of the screen saver program to display in the desktop window, but you need to know what the window id is of the desktop first. ![]()
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