---
name: "kxsconfig"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kscreensaver-xsavers"
version: "4:3.5.9-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kxsconfig"
---

# kxsconfig(1)

KDE X screen saver configuration tool

## NAME

kxsconfig - KDE X screen saver configuration tool

## SYNOPSIS

**kxsconfig** \[ *generic-options* \] *screensaver* \[ *savername* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**kxsconfig** is a screen saver configuration tool for the K Desktop Environment (KDE).  It is used to configure generic X screen savers, i.e., screen savers that have not been written explicitly for KDE.

This program is part of the official KDE artwork module.

## OPTIONS

Below are the kxsconfig-specific options. For a full summary of options, run *kxsconfig --help*.

- *screensaver*

  The filename of the screen saver to configure.

- *savername*

  An optional human-readable screen saver name to use in messages.

## EXAMPLES

*example$* kxsconfig /usr/lib/xscreensaver/bouboule Bouboule

## SEE ALSO

[**kxsrun**(1)](/kxsrun/1.md).

## AUTHOR

This tool was written by Martin R. Jones \<mjones@kde.org\>.  It also makes use of xscreensaver code written by Jamie Zawinski \<jwz@jwz.org\>.\
 This manual page was prepared by Ben Burton \<bab@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).