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[Tim <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We don't install gnome-screensaver since it is not used under gnome-
shell, in fact the lock screen is an integration between gnome-
shell/gdm. using gnome-screensaver or xscreensaver is likely to break
that.

Adding a screensaver to gnome-shell and a panel to configure it would be
a pretty big task, far too large to carry as a Distro patch. So would
have to be something upstream agreed on (I'm not sure what their take on
screensavers is though)

Short of that the closest you could probably get, is to create an
animated background and set the for the lockscreen and disable dpms

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1488077

Title:
  Have the optional ability to have a screensaver

Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  Opinion
Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Even though I understand that Ubuntu early on decided to move away
  from screensavers and to just have a black screen, not all users will
  like this. So I think that it would be good if there was at least the
  optional ability in the gnome-control-center to have a screensaver.
  This could possible be achieved by having gnome-screensaver installed
  by default and then including some settings for it in the gnome-
  control-center (as it does not have its own settings GUI, not does it
  integrate with the gnome-control-center to place any settings
  associated with it there).

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