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
