x11/xscreensaver - The NetBSD Packages Collection

Screen saver and locker for the X window system

The xscreensaver program waits until the keyboard and mouse have been idle
for a period, and then runs a graphics demo chosen at random.  It turns off
as soon as there is any mouse or keyboard activity.

The purpose of xscreensaver is to display pretty pictures on your screen
when it is not in use, in keeping with the philosophy that unattended
monitors should always be doing something interesting, just like they do
in the movies.

However, xscreensaver can also be used as a screen locker, to prevent
others from using your terminal while your are away.

Build dependencies

pkgtools/x11-links x11/xorgproto x11/xcb-proto x11/xcb-proto devel/glib2-tools pkgtools/mktools textproc/intltool devel/gmake devel/pkgconf pkgtools/cwrappers

Runtime dependencies

lang/perl5 devel/glib2 graphics/gdk-pixbuf2 graphics/png graphics/jpeg graphics/gle x11/liboldXrandr x11/liboldXrandr x11/liboldXrandr textproc/libxml2 x11/gtk3 fonts/Xft2 fonts/Xft2 fonts/Xft2 x11/libXScrnSaver x11/libXpm devel/glib2 graphics/gdk-pixbuf2 graphics/png graphics/jpeg graphics/gle x11/liboldXrandr textproc/libxml2 x11/gtk3 fonts/Xft2

Binary packages

OSArchitectureVersion
NetBSD 10.0aarch64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64ebxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0aarch64ebxscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0alphaxscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv6hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv6hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv6hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0earmv7hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0i386xscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0i386xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0powerpcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 10.0sparcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0x86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 10.0_BETAx86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 8.0i386xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 8.0powerpcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 8.0powerpcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 8.0x86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 8.0x86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0aarch64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0aarch64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0aarch64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0alphaxscreensaver-6.05.1nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmxscreensaver-6.05.1nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv6hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv6hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0earmv7hfxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0i386xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0i386xscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0mips64ebxscreensaver-6.05.1nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0mipselxscreensaver-6.05.1nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0powerpcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sparc64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sparcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb3.tgz
NetBSD 9.0sparcxscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.0x86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz
NetBSD 9.0x86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.3x86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb4.tgz
NetBSD 9.3x86_64xscreensaver-6.05.1nb8.tgz

Binary packages can be installed with the high-level tool pkgin (which can be installed with pkg_add) or pkg_add(1) (installed by default). The NetBSD packages collection is also designed to permit easy installation from source.

Available build options

pam
Enable PAM support.

Known vulnerabilities

The pkg_admin audit command locates any installed package which has been mentioned in security advisories as having vulnerabilities.

Please note the vulnerabilities database might not be fully accurate, and not every bug is exploitable with every configuration.


Problem reports, updates or suggestions for this package should be reported with send-pr.