Comment 6 for bug 31979

I've been subscribed to this bug for some time now, but I should note why I'm interested. First, I have been on systems that don't have decent OpenGL support, so many of the 3D screensavers are slow on systems that completely lack 3D, and may cause the system to crash or make the console unusable on those with old/buggy 3D support. Second, many of the screensavers are simply ugly (at least by modern standards, but has anyone ever liked NoseGuy, for instance? -- no offense to anyone who actually likes NoseGuy ;-)

However, for those looking at a workaround, I should note this recent comment from "Tom" on the watched gnome-bug #316462:

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you can also edit the gconf-entry for gnome-screensaver:
1) set screensaver to random and not on a piece of paper which ones you want
2) open gconf editor and find apps/gnome-screensaver
3) edit the themes key by removing the unwanted themes

http://www.gnome.org/~bmsmith/gconf-docs/C/gnome-screensaver.html
good luck
tom
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