> i've tried to get phosphor to run as my screen saver for a while now but
> now luck. the only time i can get is if i run xscreensaver-demo but then
> you can't really 'choose' which saver you want. anyone know how to 'add'
> a screensaver to, say, the gnome control center's screensaver config tool?
>
ditto.
and for some reason , noseguy just prints out the text "sh
/usr/emacs/bla/bla"
and that is all. I Would however like the get the phosphor running with
xscreensaver also.
eric
> see what you said.....
>
> :
> :On 05-Jun-2000 Eric Clover opined:
> :> for some strange reason, when i have xscreensaver on random
screensaver
> :> fortune will come up as a screensaver from time to time. But,
when i try
> :> to set fortune as the default one, it is nowhere to be found to
set it
> :> as the default one. how can i set xscreensaver to use fortune and
have
> :> it type out the quotes out like xjack(the way it does it when i
have
> :> xscreensaver set on random)?
> :
> :The xscreensaver that I've been using for several releases has 2
different
> :fortune-type files. One is 'noseguy' where the little guy runs all
over the
> :screen. It uses fortune. The other is called 'phosphor' and it
gives simple
> :random saying from a fortune-like db called zippy. It displays
little
> :characters that type across the screen in green phosphor-like
characters.
> :
> :If it isn't one of those, perhaps you actually mean xlockmore, not
> :xscreensaver?
> :
> :
>
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