Screensaver got Pi5

From	Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject	Screensaver got Pi5
Date	2026-01-11 23:25 +0000
Organization	The Home for the Bewildered
Message-ID	<0bb6bc995c.BrianNews@brianhowlett.me.uk> (permalink)

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Hi.

Looking for suggestions for a screen saver for a Pi5 if anyone can advise?

I've tried xscreensaver, but it doesn't work on my system as I'm running 
Bookworm.

I know most monitors nowadays don't suffer from burn-in, but I have four 
different devices connected to the same monitor, and it's useful to have a 
scrolling message identifying which device is currently displaying when I 
come back to my desk.

The monitor also switches itself off if it has no input for about 10 
minutes, and I don't want that to happen.

There's probably a setting in the monitor's menu that either disables that 
feature, or at least would allow me to extend the time before it powers 
off, but I'd still like a working screen saver for it.

TIA,
-- 
Brian Howlett
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Screensaver got Pi5 Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2026-01-11 23:25 +0000
  Re: Screensaver got Pi5 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-12 05:55 +0000
  Re: Screensaver got Pi5 druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-01-12 08:38 +0000
    Re: Screensaver got Pi5 Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-01-12 08:44 +0000
    Re: Screensaver got Pi5 Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-01-13 19:06 -0400
      Re: Screensaver got Pi5 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-13 23:35 +0000
        Re: Screensaver got Pi5 Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-01-16 19:57 -0400
          Re: Screensaver got Pi5 Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-01-17 03:34 +0000
            Re: Screensaver got Pi5 Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-01-17 19:37 -0400

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