fahim taraq asks:
My OS is Ubuntu. The screensaver uses original Pictures folder. I have created my own Pictures folder. Is there a simple way so screensaver uses my pictures folder? Thanks.
3 Answers -
Jeff Fabish
October 5, 2011You have to change the Gnome Personal Slideshow file.
Command: sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/screensavers/personal-slideshow.desktop
That will launch an editor (alternatively, navigate to that file and edit it with your editor). Then find the line:
/usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver/slideshow –location=PATH
Edit “PATH” to be the path of the folder of your pictures you want to use.
I recently moved to ubuntu to access internet and new to the operating system.
I would have preferred step by step answer to my question so I could
easily follow the instructions. The other thing is if I change over
would it be easy to go back to the original screensaver.
Thanks.
October 18, 2011hey jeff, i do that and in the editor i don’t find the line that says:
/usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver/slideshow –location=PATH
can i add the line to the file?
can you give us the complete line so we can copy-paste it there?
i understand the F-spot option, i use F-spot a lot! only i use it with very large collections of photos that are in separate hard-drives. the fotos i have in the computer are not even in F-spot, sice they’re copies of the files i use..
anyway, i just think there has to be a way to use the simple screen saver and tell it where to find the pictures! or, there should be an application that does it???
May 24, 2012To complete the line, we need to know where you have the photos stored on the computer. All you do is replace the word PATH in that line to be the locations where your photos are stored. For example, if your photos are in a directory called photos under your home directory, it would be:
Exec=/usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver/slideshow -location=~/photos
By default, it uses the photos you have in ~/Pictures so you could just move your screensaver photos there and not even worry about changing the config file.
May 26, 2012Jay
October 6, 2011option A :use f-spot
Applications > Graphics > F-Spot Photo Manager
organise your pics:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/F-Spot?highlight=%28%28F-SpotHowto%29%29
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/F-SpotHowto
use them as screensaver
go to f spot
select all the favorite pics from your folder you want to use in screensaver, (use multiple select hold control key
and apply tag “favorites”
Now
System > Preferences > Screensaver
scroll down and you will find f spot photos
click on preview to test.
apply it by clicking: activate screen saver…
(you can also change settings according to your needs)
option B :Use xscreensaver
I recently moved to ubuntu to access internet and new to the operating system.
I would have preferred step by step answer to my question so I could
easily follow the instructions. The other thing is if I change over
would it be easy to go back to the original screensaver.
Thanks.
October 18, 2011Hello fahim , you are new to ubuntu, you may be familiar with windows, just like windows, but the paths are different.
Go to system >> preferences>> screen saver to change your screen saver.
did you read the links i gave ?, steps are there in the link.
you just have to got to f spot and select some photos by importing to f spot.
then you can go to screen saver and apply the f spot screen saver.
can you get it now ?
may be, you will understand it easily with a video, because you wcan see the screen just follow it.
October 18, 2011.
import photos :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc9tCZuJPLQ
change screensaver :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_nmAZ2GTU
Tina
October 9, 2011Fahim,
did you manage to use your custom picture folder as screensaver following the instructions above? Please let us know. Thank you!
I recently moved to ubuntu to access internet and new to the operating system.
I
would have preferred step by step answer to my question so I could
easily follow the instructions. The other thing is if I change over
would it be easy to go back to the original screensaver.
Thanks.
October 18, 2011