On Friday 12 April 2002 08:16 am, David Relson Pontificated: > At 09:00 AM 4/12/02, you wrote: > >On Thursday 11 April 2002 04:53 pm, David Relson Pontificated: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have xscreensaver configured to randomly pick a new screensaver every > > > 5 minutes and I have two questions. > > > > > > 1 - Some of the screensavers are very, very nice. Is there any way to > > > determine which screensaver is being run? If a record was kept to a > > > /tmp file or a logfile, that'd be fine by me. > > > > > > 2 - Sometimes a screensaver doesn't exist or bombs. Is there any way > > > to make xscreensaver smart enough to not run that one ever again? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > David > > > >Run xscreensaver-demo and set the mode to 'Random Screen Saver'. > >Deselect any screensavers you don't want to run. > > > >-- > > Thomas, > > Through GnomeControlCenter's Screensaver icon, I had previously encountered > xscreensaver-demo. I had thought of it as the xscreensaver configurator > and hadn't known it was separate from the Control Center. I appreciate the > additional info. However, I'm still looking for some sort of history info > so I can easily tell which screensaver was run. >
It may be possible to redirect xscreensaver's messages to /var/log/messages, but Im not sure. At any rate, I don't know how you would do that. Sorry. -- Thomas K. Gamble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Proverbs 18:21) Current Linux kernel 2.4.18-6mdksmp, Uptime: 6 days 8 hours 49 minutes.
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