So I re-read your request and I got it wrong. The settings you seek should be accessible via gconf-editor / gconftool / gconftool-2, but I cannot seem to find the screensaver fields on my system. Maybe you'll have better luck. You can try this... $ gconftool-2 -R / | grep saver .... and then for each key it finds, run it with $ gconftool-2 -a /apps/totem/plugins/screensaver active = true You can then use gconfgtool-2 to set these options. Good luck, -Bart On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) <nashjc [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>wrote: > Has anyone used a script to set the screensaver rather than the > interactive GUI? I'm using Mint, but other pointers welcome. I'm looking > into a script to set up new machines e.g., when I visit colleagues and can > have a VM, that would have the components and settings I like, and it would > be nice to avoid having to set the screensaver and power settings, among > others. Not anything vital, just useful if not to much work, and I could > take a USB stick with iso and a script or two to do the setup unattended. > (I suppose another way is to take a larger stick with the VM.) > > JN > ______________________________**_________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/**listinfo/linux<http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux> >