[SOLVED] Screensaver start Icon

[nikodell]

anyone know how I can get my screensaver to start in KDE 3.4 by clicking on an icon.
SuSE 9.2
KDE 3.4

[je_fro]

Make an icon somewhere that points to :
xscreensaver-demo

[Hayl]

i think he wants it to lock the screen, not load the prefs dialog box.

if it's xscreensaver then you can use:

xscreensaver-command -lock

xscreensaver-command will give you the rest of the commands you can do with xscreensaver.

if KDE doesn't use xscreensaver then i don't know how to do it, unless they were nice enough to make their own screenaver app controlable like xscreensaver is.

[Pafnoutios]

Unless 3.4 is much different than 3.3, which is what I have, when I right-click on the toolbar, I can select Add>Applet>Lock/Logout Applet that puts two buttons on my toolbar which I used to keep next to my clock, but I just realized I never use them, so I've moved them to the left side of my K-Menu.

[nikodell]

xscreensaver-command is the one to use thanks for the help I just looked at man xscreensaver-command and now have my working Icon.