[newbie] screensavers
All the kde screensavers in /usr/bin, the one with a name beginning with a 'k' (which stands for kde I presume) doesn't appear in the screensaver list under XFCE4. Is it possible to add them and use them with XFCE4? I suppose it's possible since I can launch them by hand in a terminal but I didn't find a way to launch them automatically when I'm under XFCE4. Michel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 February 2004 20:01, Hoyt Bailey wrote: Thanks David, I must have installed kdearts because I now have a lot of screensavers and they work. except for the one I wanted 'slide show'. See my later post I am unable to select the file that contains the screensavers, there is just no contact, and I do know how to get these installed normally. I can do setup but when I get to the directory it is emply in the setup but there are 122 images in the directory when I do a ls or dir on it. If it wasnt digital I'd say it was illogical maybe strange is the right word. Hoyt, as I told you before, the slideshow works fine for me, both in 9.1 and 9.2, so I'm left with wondering what the difference is. I don't know whether file size is relevant - how big are your images? The only other thing I can think of is are you certain you have permissions for the directory that they are stored in? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAPkO2kFAvMr/nNX8RAuvOAJsFlxMOvs/jRvlIEkmTdPiVPo0e/ACfYIXP mqMDCRhKxti0+1Co9935OBo= =M4cI -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
- Original Message - From: David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 23:53 Subject: Re: [newbie] Screensavers On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 23:11:16 -0600 Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know what happened to the rest of the screensavers but I cant find them and cant download any from mandrake (urpmi screensaver). But that You do have main contrib sources defined for your version? Thanks David, I must have installed kdearts because I now have a lot of screensavers and they work. except for the one I wanted 'slide show'. See my later post I am unable to select the file that contains the screensavers, there is just no contact, and I do know how to get these installed normally. I can do setup but when I get to the directory it is emply in the setup but there are 122 images in the directory when I do a ls or dir on it. If it wasnt digital I'd say it was illogical maybe strange is the right word. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 13:06 Subject: Re: [newbie] Screensavers -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 February 2004 20:01, Hoyt Bailey wrote: Thanks David, I must have installed kdearts because I now have a lot of screensavers and they work. except for the one I wanted 'slide show'. See my later post I am unable to select the file that contains the screensavers, there is just no contact, and I do know how to get these installed normally. I can do setup but when I get to the directory it is emply in the setup but there are 122 images in the directory when I do a ls or dir on it. If it wasnt digital I'd say it was illogical maybe strange is the right word. Hoyt, as I told you before, the slideshow works fine for me, both in 9.1 and 9.2, so I'm left with wondering what the difference is. I don't know whether file size is relevant - how big are your images? The only other thing I can think of is are you certain you have permissions for the directory that they are stored in? I developed the screensavers using gimp under RH-7.2 and have used them under several distros. The main directory /screensavers is owned by root and group users. The files are owned by me and group users and yes I am a member of group users. I know slideshow works fine it was the program I developed the screensavers for, but it dosent work under mandrake except for some people. One told me that it worked fine for him and then went and checked what screensavers he had and found that his listing in the control center was 4 and slideshow wasnt one of them but it still worked. I'm sorry to be contrary but it dosent work for me and I cant figure out why. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Thursday 26 February 2004 13:01, Hoyt Bailey wrote: Thanks David, I must have installed kdearts because I now have a lot of screensavers and they work. except for the one I wanted 'slide show'. See my later post I am unable to select the file that contains the screensavers, there is just no contact, and I do know how to get these installed normally. I can do setup but when I get to the directory it is emply in the setup but there are 122 images in the directory when I do a ls or dir on it. If it wasnt digital I'd say it was illogical maybe strange is the right word. H. In my last reply about this situation, I told you that mine came up blank, too. I figured that was the only problem you were having. Even without the image names showing in the file listing, clicking on OK (IOW, picking the entire folder, which shows in the Image folder area of the Setup Slide Show Screen Saver window) gets me in like Flynn. I see the images cycling through the preview area of this window, whereupon clicking OK takes me back to the main Screen Saver configuration screen. Voila, I've got a slide show screen saver. Is this really not working as advertised for you? Glenn -- 16:28:08 up 23:39, running Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (RC1) for i586, kernel 2.6.2-3mdk Registered Linux user #324360 There comes to all races an ultimate crisis which you have yet to face One day our minds became so powerful we dared think of ourselves as gods. -- Sargon, Return to Tomorrow, stardate 4768.3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 February 2004 01:48, Hoyt Bailey wrote: I developed the screensavers using gimp under RH-7.2 and have used them under several distros. The main directory /screensavers is owned by root and group users. The files are owned by me and group users and yes I am a member of group users. I know slideshow works fine it was the program I developed the screensavers for, but it dosent work under mandrake except for some people. One told me that it worked fine for him and then went and checked what screensavers he had and found that his listing in the control center was 4 and slideshow wasnt one of them but it still worked. I'm sorry to be contrary but it dosent work for me and I cant figure out why. If it works for some and not for others, that suggests a missing component. Perhaps someone can suggest something along those lines? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAPliDkFAvMr/nNX8RAgWWAJ0cHHVv5nzod58uZuqZfYPgFT/BKgCgn7Qs lpH+6Cl3xApnGEd7KU6L51U= =QO0d -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:06:44 -0600 Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want one which will allow me to provide the pictures for the images. I have a copy of RH7.2 which has a good one but I need more corage. My current KDE allows me to do that. When I installed cooker beta 2 a few weeks ago, I had no screensavers available, save for the spaceship tux, and I'm not sure exactly where that comes from, as it's not defined as an option in KDE's screensaver dialog box. The naming conventions probably have changed a bit, but after installing the kdeartwork package, as well as kdeartwork-kde-classic, I now have a number of screensavers available on the desktop, including a number of GL ones (space, solar winds, etc), gadgets, blob, and so forth. And xscreensaver has others. :) -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 23:47:02 +0200 Amichai Rotman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried to install the package from RH7.2? You can remove it if unsuccessful... Probably that would not work as it has differing dependencies, differing versions for libraries, and so on. But likely there's an equivalent if the OP tells us what the name of that package is. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 13:02:40 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Whew! I thought I had made a major miss there. Schedule shows that rc1 was supposed to be out last friday but nothing showing yet. Warly schedule says I have rc1 bittorent file if you would like it. 152k. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 23:11:16 -0600 Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont know what happened to the rest of the screensavers but I cant find them and cant download any from mandrake (urpmi screensaver). But that You do have main contrib sources defined for your version? (cooker here) [EMAIL PROTECTED] dfox]# urpmi screensaver The following packages contain screensaver: xscreensaver xscreensaver-extrusion xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-matrix in addition to the kdeartwork packages I previously mentioned. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Sunday 15 February 2004 10:20 am, Glenn wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2004 16:17, Dennis Myers wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2004 04:51 pm, Glenn wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2004 21:30, you wrote: No I havent tried because while I know mandrake was likely derived from RH. RH-7.2 is several years old and will not install on this equipment. Therefore I am skittish, for that reason. As a matter of fact I couldnt get it to work on a 586, but the screensaver was great. I guess if I cant find out how to get the files I need for the other one I'll have to try. Regards; Hoyt I've got 20 different screen savers listed in my 10.0rc2 configuration without having to take any special steps. Maybe I missed something way early in this thread, but where are the KDE packages falling short? I can't remember exactly which package(s) contained all of these savers, but KDE and art were in the name, IIRC. I've even got a slide show saver cycling through a series of Rocky Mountains shots I took last year. Something soothing about that. Glenn Wait, did I miss something? Did you say 10.0rc2 and mean 10.0beta2? or did I miss where 10.0rc1 was released? Boy, I feel like a bonehead. Of course I meant beta2. Must be the cold drugs talking. Oops. Glenn Whew! I thought I had made a major miss there. Schedule shows that rc1 was supposed to be out last friday but nothing showing yet. Warly schedule says he has test .isos done, so we should see bittorrent very very soon. The fun just keeps on going. : ) -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Screensavers
As usual I'm lost again. While researching screensavers I could find no screensaver packages on the mandrake site. But I did find some updates to files that indicated they would fix the problem(install by default). I then did an update and none of the files were installed would not install with urpmi. The packages that were installed didnt seem to relate to the packages that were installed, The files were kdebase-3.0.3-11mdk, -23mdk, -27mdk mandrake_desk-9.0-14mdk, -15mdk, -17mdk, -18mdk(8 files). I also tried urpmi kdebase-3.0.3, but that didnt work so I gave up on that track. Next I located a screensaver package for KDE; kdeartwork-screensavers-3.0.4-3.i686.rpm issued rpm -ivv [^^] That failed due to dependences on libpng.so.2, libstdc++.so.2.10, fam.libs. These also wouldnt install with rpm -ivv --addfiles RPM or urpmi filename. Obviously I dont know what I'm doing. How about some guidance. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
Hello Hoyt, What exactly are you missing? Don't you have any Screensavers listed under the Screensaver module in KControl -- Look Feel? I know the xscreensaver package works too. Regs, On Saturday 14 February 2004 22:00, Hoyt Bailey wrote: As usual I'm lost again. While researching screensavers I could find no screensaver packages on the mandrake site. But I did find some updates to files that indicated they would fix the problem(install by default). I then did an update and none of the files were installed would not install with urpmi. The packages that were installed didnt seem to relate to the packages that were installed, The files were kdebase-3.0.3-11mdk, -23mdk, -27mdk mandrake_desk-9.0-14mdk, -15mdk, -17mdk, -18mdk(8 files). I also tried urpmi kdebase-3.0.3, but that didnt work so I gave up on that track. Next I located a screensaver package for KDE; kdeartwork-screensavers-3.0.4-3.i686.rpm issued rpm -ivv [^^] That failed due to dependences on libpng.so.2, libstdc++.so.2.10, fam.libs. These also wouldnt install with rpm -ivv --addfiles RPM or urpmi filename. Obviously I dont know what I'm doing. How about some guidance. Regards; Hoyt -- .::. Amichai Rotman Short text-only e-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
- Original Message - From: Amichai Rotman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 08:25 Subject: Re: [newbie] Screensavers Hello Hoyt, What exactly are you missing? Don't you have any Screensavers listed under the Screensaver module in KControl -- Look Feel? I know the xscreensaver package works too. Regs, On Saturday 14 February 2004 22:00, Hoyt Bailey wrote: As usual I'm lost again. While researching screensavers I could find no screensaver packages on the mandrake site. But I did find some updates to files that indicated they would fix the problem(install by default). I then did an update and none of the files were installed would not install with urpmi. The packages that were installed didnt seem to relate to the packages that were installed, The files were kdebase-3.0.3-11mdk, -23mdk, -27mdk mandrake_desk-9.0-14mdk, -15mdk, -17mdk, -18mdk(8 files). I also tried urpmi kdebase-3.0.3, but that didnt work so I gave up on that track. Next I located a screensaver package for KDE; kdeartwork-screensavers-3.0.4-3.i686.rpm issued rpm -ivv [^^] That failed due to dependences on libpng.so.2, libstdc++.so.2.10, fam.libs. These also wouldnt install with rpm -ivv --addfiles RPM or urpmi filename. Obviously I dont know what I'm doing. How about some guidance. Regards; I have; Blank Tux Random Mandrake Toys (not correct name) I want one which will allow me to provide the pictures for the images. I have a copy of RH7.2 which has a good one but I need more corage. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Saturday 14 February 2004 23:06, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Amichai Rotman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 08:25 Subject: Re: [newbie] Screensavers Hello Hoyt, What exactly are you missing? Don't you have any Screensavers listed under the Screensaver module in KControl -- Look Feel? I know the xscreensaver package works too. Regs, On Saturday 14 February 2004 22:00, Hoyt Bailey wrote: As usual I'm lost again. While researching screensavers I could find no screensaver packages on the mandrake site. But I did find some updates to files that indicated they would fix the problem(install by default). I then did an update and none of the files were installed would not install with urpmi. The packages that were installed didnt seem to relate to the packages that were installed, The files were kdebase-3.0.3-11mdk, -23mdk, -27mdk mandrake_desk-9.0-14mdk, -15mdk, -17mdk, -18mdk(8 files). I also tried urpmi kdebase-3.0.3, but that didnt work so I gave up on that track. Next I located a screensaver package for KDE; kdeartwork-screensavers-3.0.4-3.i686.rpm issued rpm -ivv [^^] That failed due to dependences on libpng.so.2, libstdc++.so.2.10, fam.libs. These also wouldnt install with rpm -ivv --addfiles RPM or urpmi filename. Obviously I dont know what I'm doing. How about some guidance. Regards; I have; Blank Tux Random Mandrake Toys (not correct name) I want one which will allow me to provide the pictures for the images. I have a copy of RH7.2 which has a good one but I need more corage. Regards; Hoyt Have you tried to install the package from RH7.2? You can remove it if unsuccessful... I think the mandrake toys (or whatever) let's you do that. .::. Amichai Rotman Short text-only e-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
- Original Message - From: Amichai Rotman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 15:47 Subject: Re: [newbie] Screensavers On Saturday 14 February 2004 23:06, Hoyt Bailey wrote: - Original Message - From: Amichai Rotman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 08:25 Subject: Re: [newbie] Screensavers Hello Hoyt, What exactly are you missing? Don't you have any Screensavers listed under the Screensaver module in KControl -- Look Feel? I know the xscreensaver package works too. Regs, On Saturday 14 February 2004 22:00, Hoyt Bailey wrote: As usual I'm lost again. While researching screensavers I could find no screensaver packages on the mandrake site. But I did find some updates to files that indicated they would fix the problem(install by default). I then did an update and none of the files were installed would not install with urpmi. The packages that were installed didnt seem to relate to the packages that were installed, The files were kdebase-3.0.3-11mdk, -23mdk, -27mdk mandrake_desk-9.0-14mdk, -15mdk, -17mdk, -18mdk(8 files). I also tried urpmi kdebase-3.0.3, but that didnt work so I gave up on that track. Next I located a screensaver package for KDE; kdeartwork-screensavers-3.0.4-3.i686.rpm issued rpm -ivv [^^] That failed due to dependences on libpng.so.2, libstdc++.so.2.10, fam.libs. These also wouldnt install with rpm -ivv --addfiles RPM or urpmi filename. Obviously I dont know what I'm doing. How about some guidance. Regards; I have; Blank Tux Random Mandrake Toys (not correct name) I want one which will allow me to provide the pictures for the images. I have a copy of RH7.2 which has a good one but I need more corage. Regards; Hoyt Have you tried to install the package from RH7.2? You can remove it if unsuccessful... I think the mandrake toys (or whatever) let's you do that. No I havent tried because while I know mandrake was likely derived from RH. RH-7.2 is several years old and will not install on this equipment. Therefore I am skittish, for that reason. As a matter of fact I couldnt get it to work on a 586, but the screensaver was great. I guess if I cant find out how to get the files I need for the other one I'll have to try. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Saturday 14 February 2004 21:30, you wrote: No I havent tried because while I know mandrake was likely derived from RH. RH-7.2 is several years old and will not install on this equipment. Therefore I am skittish, for that reason. As a matter of fact I couldnt get it to work on a 586, but the screensaver was great. I guess if I cant find out how to get the files I need for the other one I'll have to try. Regards; Hoyt I've got 20 different screen savers listed in my 10.0rc2 configuration without having to take any special steps. Maybe I missed something way early in this thread, but where are the KDE packages falling short? I can't remember exactly which package(s) contained all of these savers, but KDE and art were in the name, IIRC. I've even got a slide show saver cycling through a series of Rocky Mountains shots I took last year. Something soothing about that. Glenn -- 15:44:56 up 6:06, running Mandrake Linux 9.2, kernel 2.6.2-0.rc3.1mdk on an Intel P4 1.8 Registered Linux user #324360 The speed of anything depends on the flow of everything. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
- Original Message - From: Glenn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 16:51 Subject: Re: [newbie] Screensavers On Saturday 14 February 2004 21:30, you wrote: No I havent tried because while I know mandrake was likely derived from RH. RH-7.2 is several years old and will not install on this equipment. Therefore I am skittish, for that reason. As a matter of fact I couldnt get it to work on a 586, but the screensaver was great. I guess if I cant find out how to get the files I need for the other one I'll have to try. Regards; Hoyt I've got 20 different screen savers listed in my 10.0rc2 configuration without having to take any special steps. Maybe I missed something way early in this thread, but where are the KDE packages falling short? I can't remember exactly which package(s) contained all of these savers, but KDE and art were in the name, IIRC. I've even got a slide show saver cycling through a series of Rocky Mountains shots I took last year. Something soothing about that. Glenn I dont know what happened to the rest of the screensavers but I cant find them and cant download any from mandrake (urpmi screensaver). But that slide show saver is exactly what I want. At the same time gnome has a variety when involking screen lock, but will not engage a screensaver normally. If I knew why I'd be an expert. Regards; Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers
On Saturday 14 February 2004 04:51 pm, Glenn wrote: On Saturday 14 February 2004 21:30, you wrote: No I havent tried because while I know mandrake was likely derived from RH. RH-7.2 is several years old and will not install on this equipment. Therefore I am skittish, for that reason. As a matter of fact I couldnt get it to work on a 586, but the screensaver was great. I guess if I cant find out how to get the files I need for the other one I'll have to try. Regards; Hoyt I've got 20 different screen savers listed in my 10.0rc2 configuration without having to take any special steps. Maybe I missed something way early in this thread, but where are the KDE packages falling short? I can't remember exactly which package(s) contained all of these savers, but KDE and art were in the name, IIRC. I've even got a slide show saver cycling through a series of Rocky Mountains shots I took last year. Something soothing about that. Glenn Wait, did I miss something? Did you say 10.0rc2 and mean 10.0beta2? or did I miss where 10.0rc1 was released? -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Screensavers mdk 9.2
Hi, After clean install mdk 9.2 screensavers missing in selection list After update from update mirror the list have a lot listed - selected random - but still blank screen when saver should kick in. Any ideas please. Thanks -- Johan May this be a good day for learning Registered Linux User #330034 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] screensavers
Where are the kscreensaver modules? I installed 9.2 from the download CDs and they're not visible in the control center. TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] screensavers
Where are the kscreensaver modules? I installed 9.2 from the download CDs and they're not visible in the control center. Phew! So I am not the only one then! There is a screensaver of sorts that works automatically - the mandrake slideshow thing (not to my taste TBH!). I migrated to Gnome and the screensavers all work on that so I never got around to trying to work out what was going on. Hope you have better success... -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] YIM: vicarofwibley Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 11:55:21 up 4 days, 2:45, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.06, 0.03 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] screensavers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 October 22, 2003 04:01 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: Where are the kscreensaver modules? I installed 9.2 from the download CDs and they're not visible in the control center. TIA Paul A workaround taken from bugzilla: Do: mkdir /usr/share/applnk-mdk.hidden ln -s /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers /usr/share/applnk-mdk.hidden/ It worked for me in 9.2rc2 and 9.2 final http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5556 Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake 9.2 (Five Stars) 2.4.22-12.tmb.1mdk 09:23:10 up 17:01, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.20, 0.48 IBM Pollyanna Principle: Machines should work. People should think. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lqF5G11CaRuZZSIRAuxiAKCEyppqBcax6wFnVOjzNBlOhvdrkQCggEoL wFMoVL/VF3gS4k/giZk8fdU= =XOta -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] screensavers
mkdir /usr/share/applnk-mdk.hidden ln -s /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers /usr/share/applnk-mdk.hidden/ Sorted - cheers. Just when I was getting used to gnome :-) -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] YIM: vicarofwibley Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 17:09:32 up 4 days, 7:59, 1 user, load average: 0.25, 0.18, 0.11 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers in 9.0 vs. 8.2?
On Tuesday 12 November 2002 5:09 am, you wrote: Thanks for the tip. I've been using xscreensaver since the day I received your response and really enjoy it. However, I've been playing around with Enlightenment the last couple of days and was wondering if you know how I would set up xscreensaver to autostart under this WM. I know there are some settings for remembering app settings in Enlightenment and those include autostart but they seem to be mainly useful with GUI apps. TIA, Carl I'm not sure of the specific config files for Enlightenment as I don't use it, however you could setup xscreensaver to start automatically for whichever desktop with the file ~/.xinitrc (you may have to create it) in your home directory. Here is mine; /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver export GDK_USE_XFT=1 #startgnome startkde #startblackbox #startxfce #starticewm It is important to place the screensaver bit at the top of the file and also use the amphersand after it to make it run in the background and allow, in this case, startkde to run (as a foreground process.nothing after this is read from the file). I don't use a display manager (eg, kdm or gdm) but just use the startx command, so I'm not exactly sure if this .xinitrc method will work the same with themyou'll have to try for yourself. Also I'm not sure of the starting command for enlightenment, I think its just enlightenment! So your ~/.xinitrc might look like this; /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver #startgnome #startkde enlightenment If you use this method, don't forget to remove the link from ~/.kde/Autostart/xscreensaver if its still there, otherwise you'd be trying to start xscreensaver twice if you go back to kde. Hope this works for you, Regards,Robin. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Screensavers in 9.0 vs. 8.2?
I just upgraded from 8.2 to 9.0 about a week ago and am really loving the new version. Kudos to all who contributed to it. I didn't have any of the issues that I've seen from others on the list. I had to re-install my Nvidia drivers but other than that the only issues are relatively trivial. For instance, in 8.2, under Configuration-KDE-LookNFeel-Screensavers there were several different screensavers to choose from but in 9.0 all I see are Blank, Mandrake Slideshow, Tux, and random. Are the rest available on some package I haven't loaded yet? Thanks, Carl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers in 9.0 vs. 8.2?
On Sunday 03 November 2002 9:52 pm, Carl J. Bauman wrote: I just upgraded from 8.2 to 9.0 about a week ago and am really loving the new version. Kudos to all who contributed to it. I didn't have any of the issues that I've seen from others on the list. I had to re-install my Nvidia drivers but other than that the only issues are relatively trivial. For instance, in 8.2, under Configuration-KDE-LookNFeel-Screensavers there were several different screensavers to choose from but in 9.0 all I see are Blank, Mandrake Slideshow, Tux, and random. Are the rest available on some package I haven't loaded yet? Thanks, Carl If you're into screensavers then you really want to install xscreensaver plus the gl bits of it too and then put a link in the .kde/Autostart folder to start it automatically when you startup kde; ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver ~/.kde/Autostart/xscreensaver You can then configure the programme by running xscreensaver-demo I think you'll be impressed! Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Screensavers in 9.0 vs. 8.2?
Try xscreensaver (ver 4.0.5 is current I believe). I believe it's part of the gnome desktop. It's also part of the Xfce windowing environment or you can get it from www.jwz.org/xscreensaver. A great set of totally creative screensavers. Terry Smith Cape Cod USA On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 16:52, Carl J. Bauman wrote: I just upgraded from 8.2 to 9.0 about a week ago and am really loving the new version. Kudos to all who contributed to it. I didn't have any of the issues that I've seen from others on the list. I had to re-install my Nvidia drivers but other than that the only issues are relatively trivial. For instance, in 8.2, under Configuration-KDE-LookNFeel-Screensavers there were several different screensavers to choose from but in 9.0 all I see are Blank, Mandrake Slideshow, Tux, and random. Are the rest available on some package I haven't loaded yet? Thanks, Carl Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] screensavers
You have the possibility to use xscreensaver under KDE. Firs of all you need xscreensaver installed; if your video card has acceleration (DRI) enabled you can also install a second file named (sorry I don't remember the whole name) xscreensaver-GLI or similar (I think is in the second or third 9.0 cd). Then go to your home directory and change to the Autostart kde directory (cd /home/your username/.kde/Autostart); you must create a file in this directory (touch start-xscreensaver.sh) and the file just need the next line: xscreensaver -nosplash (you can write this with any text editor; I like to use midnight commander (mc). After that you must make executable the file: chmod +x start-xscreensaver.sh Now remember to dissable the kde screensaver (kde control center) and restart kde. To configurate xscreensaver to use as screensaver as you have installed, with kde runing start a console and write: xscreensaver-demo; you will be able to select Random Screen Saver and test all the avalaible screensaver, dissabling those that give you problems. Anyway you will have more than 50 different :-) Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Good - Mensaje Original - Remitente: john drouard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Martes, Octubre 1, 2002 4:29 am Asunto: [newbie] screensavers Hello. I have Mandrake 9.0 installed on my system. I use KDE, and I can't seem to figure out how to install more screensavers. I have installed many, and they are all in /usr/sharinstalling them into a different directory so I can use them in KDE Control Center? Thanks for your help. - John Drouhard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] screensavers
On Monday 30 September 2002 10:29 pm, john drouard wrote: Hello. I have Mandrake 9.0 installed on my system. I use KDE, and I can't seem to figure out how to install more screensavers. I have installed many, and they are all in /usr/share/apps/kscreensaver/ScreenSavers/ -should I be installing them into a different directory so I can use them in KDE Control Center? Thanks for your help. - John Drouhard John, go to rpmfind.net and download the latest version of kdeartwork. It has all those other screensavers and they will show up in your control center. The file is about 9 megs, just so you know. Cheers, -- Jonathan Dlouhy Tuesday, October 01, 2002 California raisins murdered: Cereal Killer suspected Registered Linux user #264482 Powered by Mandrake Linux 9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
