How I got the xdaliclock xscreensaver working on RPI/Debian

By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: January 22, 2018

Here are some very brief notes on how I got the xdaliclock screensaver working with xscreensaver on a Raspberry Pi Linux (Debian) system:

1) sudo apt-get install xdaliclock

2) vi /home/pi/.xscreensaver 

    add this line to the end of the list of screensavers:
    xdaliclock -builtin2 -root

3) pkill xscreensaver && xscreensaver -nosplash &

4) go into "screensaver preferences" and choose xdaliclock
    (can go in under "Other" in the gui, or run "xscreensaver-demo")

If you’ve never installed and used xscreensaver, I hope this is helpful.

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