[newbie] xscreensaver
My screensavers in KDE don't work! All the screensaver executables are there in /usr/X116R/lib/xscreensaver/ and if I click on one it runs fine in a window. However when a screensaver is supposed to start by itself I just get a blank screen. If I run xscreensaver-demo from a terminal it tells me that the xscreensaver daemon is not running and asks if i want to start it, if I say yes then the mandrake slide show screensaver works fine but none of the others work. Next time I boot up the xscreesaver daemon is not started and nothing works. Grateful for advice on how to start xscreensaver daemon at boot and/or how to get the other screensavers working. By the way, in Gnome everything works perfectly, the xscreensaver daemon runs automatically and all the screensavers work. The only thing is I can't work out how to change the time before a screensaver comes on, I don't feel comfortable with Gnome and would like to get this working in KDE if possible But is it possible that xscreensaver only works with Gnome? TIA -- Pete ArdnamurchanScotland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] xscreensaver
On Friday 03 December 2004 05:36 am, Peter Watson wrote: My screensavers in KDE don't work! All the screensaver executables are there in /usr/X116R/lib/xscreensaver/ and if I click on one it runs fine in a window. However when a screensaver is supposed to start by itself I just get a blank screen. If I run xscreensaver-demo from a terminal it tells me that the xscreensaver daemon is not running and asks if i want to start it, if I say yes then the mandrake slide show screensaver works fine but none of the others work. Next time I boot up the xscreesaver daemon is not started and nothing works. Grateful for advice on how to start xscreensaver daemon at boot and/or how to get the other screensavers working. By the way, in Gnome everything works perfectly, the xscreensaver daemon runs automatically and all the screensavers work. The only thing is I can't work out how to change the time before a screensaver comes on, I don't feel comfortable with Gnome and would like to get this working in KDE if possible But is it possible that xscreensaver only works with Gnome? TIA I have the same problem. If I choose slide show, it works, But then I chose another, and now screensaver stops working. :( -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux2.arinet.org 06:22:15 up 8:18, Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] xscreensaver and glmatrix
I've installed 4.14 of xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl, and xscreensaver-extrusion but I still can't find matrix or glmatrix. The changelog for extrusion says: * Thu Nov 06 2003 Götz Waschk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4.14-3mdk - enable extrusion and move it to the extrusion subpackage - rename --with xmatrix to --with plf - move xmatrix and glmatrix to the matrix subpackage * Wed Nov 05 2003 Götz Waschk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4.14-2mdk - remove xmatrix, glmatrix and extrusion (thanks to Christian Bricart) Was it put back on Nov 6, or was it moved to a completely different RPM? If the latter, I can't find it at MandrakeClub with either xscreensaver* or *matrix*. So where is it? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Xscreensaver
Hello,I know that this is probably a dumb question, but here goes. I've found that i rather like Xscreensaver, and it would be nice if it were to start with kde, so that i did not need to start it myself everytime the computer started. I know that i could add it to /etc/services, but if the program requires X to have already started, will that actually do anything useful? My question: is there a way to start programs with kde automatically? Thanks,Chris Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
Re: [newbie] Xscreensaver
On Tuesday 25 Nov 2003 11:42 pm, Chris Bonnell wrote: Hello, I know that this is probably a dumb question, but here goes. I've found that i rather like Xscreensaver, and it would be nice if it were to start with kde, so that i did not need to start it myself everytime the computer started. I know that i could add it to /etc/services, but if the program requires X to have already started, will that actually do anything useful? My question: is there a way to start programs with kde automatically? Thanks, Chris Yep To start xscreensaver with KDE first disable kde screensaver then create a script like this xscreenstart.sh #!/bin/sh xscreensaver -nosplash Don't forget to make it executable. Now right click on your KDE desktop and select 'Create new Link to Application' Fill in the gui and select your xscreenstart.sh script as the executable. Now drag and drop the icon that appears on your desktop into ~/.kde/Autostart using konqueror (.kde is a hidden folder. Select 'View Hidden' to see it) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Xscreensaver
After reading the suggestion to run xscreensaver, I remembered I had installed it quite awhile ago. I brought it up and went to configure it again (I like Nose Guy) anyway, when restarting after the configuration I had the below show up. Not sure what it means so any help would be appreciated. xscreensaver: 20:36:43: xscreensaver-gl-helper did not report a GL visual! xscreensaver: 20:36:44: initialization of Kerberos passwords failed. xscreensaver: 20:36:44: running on display :0.0 (1 screen). xscreensaver: 20:36:44: vendor is Mandrake Linux (XFree86 4.2.0, patch level 9mdk), 4020. xscreensaver: 20:36:44: useful extensions: xscreensaver: 20:36:44: MIT Screen-Saver xscreensaver: 20:36:44: Shared Memory xscreensaver: 20:36:44: Double-Buffering xscreensaver: 20:36:44: Power Management xscreensaver: 20:36:44: GLX xscreensaver: 20:36:44: XF86 Video-Mode xscreensaver: 20:36:44: screen 0 non-colormapped depths: 24. xscreensaver: 20:36:44: not using server's lame MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension. xscreensaver: 20:36:44: consulting /proc/interrupts for keyboard activity. xscreensaver: 20:36:44: 0: visual 0x21 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: default) xscreensaver: 20:36:44: 0: saver window is 0x381. xscreensaver: 20:36:44: selecting events on extant windows... done. xscreensaver: 20:36:44: awaiting idleness. xscreensaver: 20:37:16: 0: unrecognised ClientMessage _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW received xscreensaver: 20:37:16: 0: for window 0x1e00027 (kmail / toplevel) xscreensaver: 20:37:30: 0: unrecognised ClientMessage _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW received xscreensaver: 20:37:30: 0: for window 0x2ea (konsole / toplevel) -- Regards Chris Registered Linux user #283774 http://counter.li.org 8:37pm up 13 days, 4:18, 2 users, load average: 0.27, 0.26, 0.17 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xscreensaver not getting images from directory
Hi, I have noticed that in Mandrake 9.0, xscreensaver is not properly getting images from the specified directory. When it needs an image from there, it just works with the checkerboard default. It will, however, capture a screen image just fine. - Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] xscreensaver-gl
Sorry for posting to the list before I had exhausted my options. I found the answer on the xscreensaver web site FAQ. On versions of xscreesaver 3.34 (as in the ones included in Mandrake) there is a default memory limit (to protect against runaway memory) of 50M. Nvidia cards send a false reading to xscreensaver indicating they are using 128M of memory when trying to run a GL screensaver and the program quits. It is safe to turn off this feature by editing the .xscreensaver file in you home directory and changing the memoryLimit: from 50M to 0. And viola! -Paul Rodríguez On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 12:24, Paul Rodríguez wrote: xscreensaver runs well, so does my 3D acceleration. (I have a geforce2 card) Games run excellently. But I've never managed to get xscreensaver-gl to work. I get the following error for any of them, this one is for atlantis for example: atlantis: couldn't create GL context for visual 0x21. xscreensaver: child ppd 9905 (atlantis) exited abnormally (code 1). What's going on and how can I fix this? -Paul Rodríguez _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com =_1008091488-29021-1530 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] xscreensaver
Hi All, I've been playing around with my screensavers and I find that CONFIGURATION - KDE - LOOKNFEEL - SCREENSAVERS in LM8.0 brings up a list of screensavers. But this list is only a partial list of the available screensavers I find in my directories manually. Is there any way to have the list bring up ALL the available files? I renamed ./screensaver in my home directory and restarted the X server. No change! Can someone get me started on this? TIA Roger -- Tell me something..and I forget. Show me something...and I remember. Let me do somethingand I understand! --- Registered Linux User 244036 Since August 2001 - LM8.0 Open Source = Freedom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Xscreensaver enlightenment
Curious, How can I get enlightenment to use xscreensaver as its default when it sits idle for a certain amount of time? Thanks! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User # 218330 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, patrick wrote: I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people. You could try this: in your ~/.xinitrc put/add this line: # Launch xscreensaver (if available) xscreensaver -no-splash -lock-mode Works for me (I do not use KDE, but XFCE) Paul -- http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
I am a newbie and this confused me too. But I solved it. xscreensaver is included in the 2nd 7.2 CD BUT is not installed by default. Drag it's rpm from the 2nd CD into kpackage (started as root) and it will install. But then your troubles will not be over. You will discover that the xscreensaver that is installed in 7.2 lacks a lot of the "default and _included_" screensaver options (atlantis, moebius, pipes, etc., etc.). These options are not in the 7.2 xscreensaver rpm, but are in the 7.1 xscreensaver rpm. I extracted just them from the 7.1 rpm and added them to the 7.2 xscreensaver install and they work fine. One more messy thing in 7.2. I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. Thank You, -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
On Saturday 11 November 2000 06:57 am, you wrote: Patrick XscreenSaver is still part of the 7.2 Package. It just doesn't show up iin the screen saver part of the control center, But it is not the complete package. It lacks many of the screensavers included with the 7.1 xscreensaver. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
"John R. Cain" wrote: Patrick XscreenSaver is still part of the 7.2 Package. It just doesn't show up iin the screen saver part of the control center, THanks, John ok, i dont have 7.2 yet. can u tell me why anyway , why they moved the x screensaver out of the screensaver place. i m sure there is some logical reasoning for this. thanks pat On Sunday 12 November 2000 04:56, you wrote: "John R. Cain" wrote: Hello, I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. Thank You, -- John R. Cain AIM: ViperPsyche ICQ: 1103225 [EMAIL PROTECTED] are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people. -- John R. Cain AIM: ViperPsyche ICQ: 1103225 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
Jeff Malka wrote: I am a newbie and this confused me too. But I solved it. xscreensaver is included in the 2nd 7.2 CD BUT is not installed by default. Drag it's rpm from the 2nd CD into kpackage (started as root) and it will install. But then your troubles will not be over. You will discover that the xscreensaver that is installed in 7.2 lacks a lot of the "default and _included_" screensaver options (atlantis, moebius, pipes, etc., etc.). These options are not in the 7.2 xscreensaver rpm, but are in the 7.1 xscreensaver rpm. I extracted just them from the 7.1 rpm and added them to the 7.2 xscreensaver install and they work fine. One more messy thing in 7.2. I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. Thank You, -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 thd x screen saver is the best screen saver i have ever seen on ANY system and having this screen saver alone was worh the price of the disks. it seems mandrake has now made it very difficult for newbies to turn on one of the best draws to newbies in linux. duh. hello mandrake, i hope u'r not becoming stupid for if u are, there are others out there just waiing to become number one. isnt it amazing how a little success can screw up a disto somtimes.
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
They did take it out of the kde- control setup-screensaver. You have to start it independantly by typing xscreensaver or xscreensaver -demo Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people.
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
Is there a way to start this automatically without the need to type the command everytime I start my system? John On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:50, you wrote: They did take it out of the kde- control setup-screensaver. You have to start it independantly by typing xscreensaver or xscreensaver -demo Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people. -- John R. Cain AIM: ViperPsyche ICQ: 1103225 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
On Saturday 11 November 2000 12:56, John R. Cain keyboarded: Is there a way to start this automatically without the need to type the command everytime I start my system? Sure. Add it to ~/.xinitrc (and create that file if it does not exist.) Paul On Sunday 12 November 2000 16:50, you wrote: They did take it out of the kde- control setup-screensaver. You have to start it independantly by typing xscreensaver or xscreensaver -demo
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
On Saturday 11 November 2000 20:56, patrick wrote: are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people. Um... I have Mandrake 7.2 and I just typed "xscreensaver" in a teminal and it worked just fine. I don't believe "they took xscreensaver out of their linux". -- Jon Dowd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support Technician 541 482-TECH (8324) InfoStructure IVO http://www.mind.net
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
Dear All, I never really dealt with the xscreensaver. I have Mandrake 7 and know I have it. How does one use it? Also, I am preparing to receive my 7.2 CD's soon and I am taking screenshots of my configuration files from my Mandrake 7. I want to take one of my display configuration but I cannot remember the name of the file. How would I find out how my Xdisplay is setup right now exactly? Thank you. Marcia
[newbie] XScreenSaver
Hello, I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. Thank You, -- John R. Cain AIM: ViperPsyche ICQ: 1103225 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
"John R. Cain" wrote: Hello, I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. Thank You, -- John R. Cain AIM: ViperPsyche ICQ: 1103225 [EMAIL PROTECTED] are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people.
Re: [newbie] XScreenSaver
Patrick XscreenSaver is still part of the 7.2 Package. It just doesn't show up iin the screen saver part of the control center, THanks, John On Sunday 12 November 2000 04:56, you wrote: "John R. Cain" wrote: Hello, I have been trying to get xscreensaver to start when Mandrake 7.2 starts. In Mandrake 7.1 Xscreensaver was part of the KDE screen saver, but It is not part of the KDE screen saver in Mandrake 7.2. The screensavers in Mandrake 7.2 KDE are lame. How do I get xscreensaver to load as my default screen saver? I have looked at the FAQ for XScreensaver and they don't seam to apply to Mandrake 7.2. Thank You, -- John R. Cain AIM: ViperPsyche ICQ: 1103225 [EMAIL PROTECTED] are u seious they took xscreensaver out of their linux. oh oh did mandrake get some new help as of late. did mandrake hire some wrong people. -- John R. Cain AIM: ViperPsyche ICQ: 1103225 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] xscreensaver stopped working in xfce
I am running Mandrake 7.1 and still a newbie at linux. Trying out xfce I entered the line xscreensaver in my home xfwmrc. The xscreensaver worked just fine. Now all of a sudden it no longer starts when re-loging into xfce. The line is still there, but the daemon has to be "restarted" from within xfce. (Trying to change something else, I had used "Drakeconfig" but I am sure I just looked around and did not change anything.) Any idea where I should start looking? Any log that might show what has changed? I do not think this has anything to do with the Drakeconfig incident mentioned above. Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] Xscreensaver Root
I want to run Xscreensaver when I'm logged on as root, and it refuses to do so. It works OK when I'm logged on as a user. According to the man page, there's a way around this, but the assumption is that I'm running xdm. That made me realize that I don't know which ?dm is running, x, g, or k! I did a just-about-everything install of Mandrake 7.0.2 with an automatic startup of X. Can you tell me which ?dm I'm running? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
