This is fixed in 5.16. ref: http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/xscreensaver.git/commit/?id=60149f5b6a8c8b18e20b0056046849b9c9080149
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116006 Title: xscreensaver-settings breaks imageDirectory line if it is a URL Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: xscreensaver 5.15 (5.15-2ubuntu1) in Ubuntu 12.10 The URL that can be set in the GUI (Advanced->"Choose Random Image" (or imageDirectory in .xscreensaver, it doesn't matter) is broken almost immediately after having used xscreensaver-settings For example, putting imageDirectory: http://www.degraeve.com/flickr- rss/rss.php?tags=heidelberg&num=20 into .xscreensaver and not running xscreensaver-settings works as expected and it does show images of the RSS feed. However, as soon as I click on the "Settings"-Button, and the "Advanced", I'm presented with an error message that the directory does not exist, and then - checking either the GUI or the .-file, the URL is broken like as follows: imageDirectory: http:/www.degraee.coom/flickr- rss/rss.php?tags=heidelberg&num=20 In this case: - http:// is missing the second slash - degraeve is changed to degraee - com becomes coom Expected behaviour: Write the entered URL into .xscreensaver and do not alter it Reproducible: always I already contacted the author of xscreensaver directly, but he refuses to even read bug reports for a two year old version (understandable...) Maybe it would suffice to just repackage the latest version? Thanks, Sven To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1116006/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
