I never adopted gnome-screensaver (or any of the other parts of gnome that I could get away with;  I tried using xsettings-daemon for a while but switched back to gnome-settings-daemon for some reason that I don&#x27;t recall) for many reasons, but this was the nail in the coffin: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.gnome.org&#x2F;Projects&#x2F;GnomeScreensaver&#x2F;FrequentlyAskedQuestions#Why_doesn.27t_the_screensaver_preferences_tool_allow_me_to_change_the_settings_for_the_theme.3F" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.gnome.org&#x2F;Projects&#x2F;GnomeScreensaver&#x2F;FrequentlyA...</a>