https://jeltsch.org/en/tags/kslideshow/Recent content in Kslideshow on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300https://jeltsch.org/en/the_invisible_screensaver_kslideshow_import_screenshot/Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/the_invisible_screensaver_kslideshow_import_screenshot/<p>I was trying to configure my screensaver such, that it would display as only picture the desktop at the moment when the screensaver became active. In the KDE control center I chose the Slideshow screensaver (under Banners and Pictures) and in the setup I chose a specific directory as the media diretory (/home/your_user_name/Documents/images/desktop/). I also selected display one random image only. The media directory should be empty. Then I renamed /opt/kde3/bin/kslideshow.kss executable to kslideshow_ori.kss and created a shell script in the same directory that I named kslideshow.kss. The shell script looks like this: <code>!/bin/shimport -window root /home/your_user_name/Documents/images/desktop/desktop.pcxkslideshow_ori.kss</code>The import utility is from the ImageMagick package. Instead of the screensaver, the shell script gets activated when the time has come and a screenshot is saved in the /home/your_user_name/Documents/images/desktop directory. As this image is the only one it will be displayed by the subsequently called actual screensaver.</p>