Re: Woody/KDE3.1RC7 debs : Screensavers Report
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On Freitag, 24. Januar 2003 04:23, Nick Boyce wrote:
> I just installed a fresh vanilla Woody i386 box at work over the last
> two days, with just the base Xfree 4.1.0 and then Ralf's current
> 3.1RC7 debs, and wanted to file this quick report.
>
> Basically the system seems fine and KDE seems duly wonderful (my first
> sight of anything beyond 2.2.2 :). The only issue of any kind I've
> yet noticed is that the screensaver collection seems in some disarray.
>
> Approx 160 screensavers (!) are listed in the control panel - most
> appear to do nothing (preview is blank, the "Setup" button just gives
> "No configuration available for xxx", and "Test" does nothing).
>
> There are some apparent duplicates :
That's probably because you installed xscreensaver, not xscreensaver-nognome
Ralf
>
> Bouboule
> Bouboule
> Rock
> Rocks
> Moire
> Moire2
> Morph3D
> Morph3D (GL)
> Pipes (GL)
> Pipes - another (GL)
> Pyro
> Pyro
> Slide Screen
> Slidescreen
> The Matrix
> The Matrix
>
> The only ones which work at all are :
>
> Banner
> Bitmap Flag (GL)
> Blank screen (duh)
> Blob
> Bouboule (the 1st one)
> Euphoria (GL) (very slowly)
> Flux (GL) (very slowly)
> Gravity (GL) (very slowly)
> Lines
> Lorentz Attractor
> Morph3D (GL) (slowly)
> Particle Fountain (GL) (very slowly)
> Pipes (GL) (fast)
> Polygons
> Pyro (1st one)
> Rock (1st one)
> Science (preview and real usage work ok
> but the "Test" button just gives
> a black screen)
> Slide screen (but the "Test" button just
> slides pieces of a black screen
> around :-)
> Slide show
> Solar Winds (GL) (very slowly)
> Space (GL)
> Swarm
> The Matrix (2nd one)
> Virtual Machine
>
>
> [I only have a generic ATI xserver installed so I guess that's why the
> pretty GL screensavers are slow - does anyone know which xserver is
> good for giving OpenGL with an ATI Rage Pro ?]
>
> I installed kscreensavers to get these savers - I've seen people
> mention a package called kdeartwork-screensavers but that's not at
> Ralf's site.
>
> That's all - basically I'm drooling over what I see :) Big thanks
> to the packagers.
>
> BTW: I couldn't get to ktown.k.o for almost a day to download Ralf's
> debs - was there a problem ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Nick Boyce
> Bristol, UK
> --
> There is no spoon.
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