This is moronic. Screensavers are supposed to be configurable. Period.
Fix the damn screensaver applet.
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no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007
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I think the inability to set the preferences in a screensaver is
shortsighted at best. Efforts should be made to discard the "won't fix"
upstream and, perhaps, develop an in-house tweak to add the missing
functionality. I won't comment on the Gnome team's reasons for crippling
the functionality bec
This bug was marked WONTFIX by the maintainer. I suggest alternatives be
found, since the original maintainer no longer cares about gnome-
screensaver and has an absolutist philosophy about screensaver
preferences.
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no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007
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Remote watch: None => GNOME Bug Tracker #316654
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"Modern monitors don't suffer burn, and nearly all computer monitors are
"green" and set to automatically power down anyway, so perhaps the
screen saver should be removed completely (other than the stub that
shuts off power)
In these times, screen savers are no more than a passive game, they
serve
"I don't have any plans to support this. My view is that any screensaver theme
that requires configuration is inherently broken."
As said by the original gnome-screensaver maintainer... In 2006. IMHO
this person has some serious control issues.
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no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
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