Replacing gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver

[Stanton Finley]

On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 08:06 -0400, Johnny wrote:
> I'd like to replace gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver.  I'd tried:
> 
>     $ killall gnome-screensaver
>     $ xscreensaver
>     $ gnome-session-save
> 
> but alas, when I log out and back in I find that gnome-screensaver is
> running and xscreensaver is not.  I'm looking for a more elegant
> solution than deleting the gnome-screensaver executable and copying
> xscreensaver in its place, although that solution is looking more and
> more attractive.  Thanks.
> 

As root do a "yum -y install xscreensaver-extras xscreensaver-gl-extras
xscreensaver-base" followed by a "yum -y remove gnome-screensaver". Log
out and back in.
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