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SCREENSAVER DISAPPEARED UBUNTU

Asked by dustbindiva

I cannot access the Screensaver feature. It is not located in System Tools>Prefernces. I dont know where it is. I forgot which version of Ubuntu I have, either 10.04 or 11.04

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Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : 		#1

At first: both named Ubuntu version are not supported for desktops anymore. You should update it. I recommend the version 12.04 LTS which is supported until 2017. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Make sure your persoanl data is backed up.

Newer versions of Ubuntu Linux don't have a screensaver as know from older and other systems anymore. Instead they switch the monitor to standby to converse power. This can be configured under Brightness and Lockscreen.

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#2

I dont want a newer version. I had it until yesterday in Screensavers under
Preferneces but that category disappeared after doing updates.

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Thomas Krüger <
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> Your question #236408 on Ubuntu changed:
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> Thomas Krüger proposed the following answer:
> At first: both named Ubuntu version are not supported for desktops
> anymore. You should update it. I recommend the version 12.04 LTS which is
> supported until 2017. http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
> Make sure your persoanl data is backed up.
>
> Newer versions of Ubuntu Linux don't have a screensaver as know from
> older and other systems anymore. Instead they switch the monitor to
> standby to converse power. This can be configured under Brightness and
> Lockscreen.
>
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What is the output of:

cat /etc/issue; uname -a

Thanks

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dustbindiva (dustbindiva) said : 		#4

Thats all right. I didnt realize the updates included a change to version 12.04 and it was explained there is no screensaver. However, I got them back by looking online and entering a command in the terminal and it worked.

http://www.howtogeek.com/114027/how-to-add-screensavers-to-ubuntu-12.04/