mate-screensaver(1)

mate-screensaver1

The mate desktop screensaver and locker

Usage

mate-screensaver [OPTIONS]

Overview

MATE Screensaver is the default screen saver and locker for the MATE Desktop. It is designed with simplicity and security in mind. mate-screensaver integrates well with the MATE desktop, and it supports User Switching and the ability to lock down configuration settings.

Options

--display=DISPLAY

X display to use.

--no-daemon

Don't start as a daemon

--debug

Enable debugging messages for mate-screensaver

--version

Output version information and exit.

-h, --help

Print standard command line options.

--help-all

Print all command line options.

This program also accepts the standard GTK options.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 8–9
  2. 10–Arch

Bugs

Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:

http://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-screensaver/issues

Authors

mate-screensaver is maintained by:

Perberos <[email protected]>
Steve Zesch <[email protected]>
Stefano Karapetsas <[email protected]>

This Man Page has been updated for the MATE Desktop Environment by:

Adam Erdman <[email protected]> (2014)

History

gnome-screensaver was written by William Jon McCann <[email protected]>

This manual page was originally written by Sven Arvidsson <[email protected]> (2007)

From mate-screensaver 1.28.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.