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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

#37633 — Screensaver got Pi5

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
----------------------------------------------
All electronic components run on smoke.
If you let the smoke out, they stop working...

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#37635

On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 23:25:26 GMT, Brian Howlett wrote:

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

Looks like Jamie Zawinski has no enthusiasm for supporting Wayland.

Doesn’t mean the actual screensaver modules don’t work. You can still
run them manually, or via your own wrapper script.

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#37640

On 11/01/2026 23:25, Brian Howlett wrote:
> 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.

Configure it to use X11 rather than Wayland, and it will work, along 
with a lot of other things the Wayland developers insist you don't need.

---druck

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#37641

druck wrote:

> Brian Howlett wrote:
>
>> I've tried xscreensaver, but it doesn't work on my system as I'm running
>> Bookworm.
> 
> Configure it to use X11 rather than Wayland, and it will work
jwz seems to be waylandifying xscreensaver ...

<https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html>

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#37658

On 2026-01-12 at 04:38 AST, druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
> On 11/01/2026 23:25, Brian Howlett wrote:
>> 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.

> Configure it to use X11 rather than Wayland, and it will work, along 
> with a lot of other things the Wayland developers insist you don't need.

Was that "Wayland developer" or "Wayland apologist" ?   :-)

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#37659

On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:06:27 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:

> Was that "Wayland developer" or "Wayland apologist" ? :-)

More importantly, given Jamie Zawinski is now supporting Wayland,
which kind is he?

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#37684

On 2026-01-13 at 19:35 AST, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:06:27 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:

>> Was that "Wayland developer" or "Wayland apologist" ? :-)

> More importantly, given Jamie Zawinski is now supporting Wayland,
> which kind is he?

Maybe "Wayland hostage" ?

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#37685

On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:57:20 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:

> On 2026-01-13 at 19:35 AST, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:06:27 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:
>
>>> Was that "Wayland developer" or "Wayland apologist" ? :-)
>
>> More importantly, given Jamie Zawinski is now supporting Wayland,
>> which kind is he?
>
> Maybe "Wayland hostage" ?

Who is holding him, and how?

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#37699

On 2026-01-16 at 23:34 AST, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:57:20 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:

>> On 2026-01-13 at 19:35 AST, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

>>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:06:27 -0400, Jim Diamond wrote:

>>>> Was that "Wayland developer" or "Wayland apologist" ? :-)

>>> More importantly, given Jamie Zawinski is now supporting Wayland,
>>> which kind is he?

>> Maybe "Wayland hostage" ?

> Who is holding him, and how?

Answers to serious questions in response to a facetious comment are things
I don't have at this point.

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