To change the screen saver mode
Our lab linux machines use an inhouse setup to do screen locking and auto-logout. If you want a screen saver mode other than ??random?? here is what you do:
- Look at the manual page for xlock and pick a mode you like.
- Create a file in your home directory called .lockmode containing the name of the mode you want.
For example, if I wanted the mode called “space” which gives a moving star field I could get it by typing the following in a terminal:
cat > ~/.lockmode space
``Cntrl+D``