On 2017-03-16 08:17, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hum. Good point. Then the script has to run on every boot, creating your copy of the background. On /etc/cron.d/something @boot, perhaps.
Make the theme point to your file (probably with sed or something), and make sure the file contains the correct text.
I'm sure I can solve the problem if I put my mind to it, but I want to keep things minimal and simple. It has to be repeated on every install and the list of customisations is only growing longer and longer. I was hoping to be able to add '$hostname' to some file somewhere :-)
Well, if you can do it with a single script in one directory, or two files (cron job file + script) it becomes easier than actually doing the changes.
Ah. Maybe on KDE, but certainly not on XFCE (and I guess Gnome). It is xscreensaver which locks the display for sure. I can see it in "ps afxu" output.
The software that locks the screen is still installed by default, but there is no "screensaver" in the traditional sense of the word:
There is traditional screensaver in XFCE. I don't use it, but it is there. Sometimes I allow it to kick in for 2 minutes, then power off the display.
When it locks, the screen goes black, later the monitor goes into power saving mode. When I hit a key, the lock/login screen is shown with the time and date and a field for the password.
Yes, of course, but what process does that?
Perhaps you could create a script that hacks this in any machine reading the current hostname.
Just a thought - an awful lot of work for something that used to be standard.
Yes. Such is progress. Software is replaced, not improved. Maintenance mode is gone.
Actually, when something new is worse than what it replaces, it's called regression.
Yes. But don't say it >:-P -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" (Minas Tirith))