Display Setup Handbook: Screen Saver
Description: kcmkdisplay help doc
Keywords: kde kcontrol kdisplay

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### 4. Screen Saver

The Screen Saver setup dialog is comprised of three sections:

1. The screen saver Preview Monitor.
2. The global screen saver Settings.
3. The choice of Screen Saver program to run.

### 4.1 Preview Monitor

This is a minature representation of your screen saver, using the current settings. To apply these settings to your display, press the Apply button to continue using the KDE display setup utility or Ok button to apply your changes and quit.

In the corners of this monitor are four grey boxes. These boxes indicate what action to take if the cursor is left in one of the corners for more than 5 seconds. The options are:

- Ignore - take no action
- Save - invoke the screen saver
- Lock - lock the screen

To select an option, place the mouse over a grey box, and right-click; make your choice in the dialog box that opens. If the Save or Lock option is selected, this is shown in the corresponding grey box: ("s" = Save, "l" = Lock).

Note: Pressing Ok or Apply applies changes made in all of the display setup modules.

### 4.2 Settings

Enter the time (in minutes) without activity to wait before the screen saver is invoked.

Checking Requires Password will make the screen saver prompt you for your password before restoring the screen.

Check Show password as stars for the screensaver password box to show the number of characters typed.

Priority sets the priority of the screen saver (the "nice" value of its process) relative to other running processes.

### 4.3 Screen Saver

Choose the particular screen saver program that runs from the list. The working screen saver will be shown in minature in the preview monitor. (`No screensaver` is the default.)

Most screen savers have settings which can be changed by clicking the Setup... button. This will display a dialog specific to the currently selected screen saver.

The Test button runs the screen saver immediately, full screen, for a short interval.

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