GLSlideShow looks in a file called .xscreensaver in your home folder. You need to create this file and the following entry:

imageDirectory: /path/to/your/images

Make sure the /path/to/your/images path is correct and away it’ll go. I suspect other GL screensavers will also use this.

You can also edit the /usr/share/applications/screensavers/glslideshow.desktop file and specify various options. For example on my desktop I changed the

Exec=glslideshow -root

line to

Exec=glslideshow -root -duration 15 -pan 15 -fade 5 -titles

You will need to use ’sudo’ to edit this file. See ‘man glslideshow’ for more options.

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  By Jim McDonald, October 6, 2007 @ 12:59 pm

  I need to add pictures to a folder for a screen saver slide show. This above discription does not seem to be complete. Please tell me how to do it. I don’t know how to use the terminal to overcome the root problem. You mentioned nothing about the terminal.
  Jim
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  By Joel, October 7, 2007 @ 10:27 am

  The easiest way is to use the “Pictures folder” screen saver. This screen saver looks for a directory in your home directory called “Pictures”. Whatever pictures are in that folder will be displayed in the screen saver.

  You mentioned overcoming the root problem. The command, sudo, overcomes that. Put sudo before any command and it will allow you to run the command as the root user. When prompted for the password just enter your own password. For example, to edit the file listed above you would enter this at the terminal:
  sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/screensavers/glslideshow.desktop

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