Re: Woody/KDE3.1RC7 debs : Screensavers Report
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Paul Cupis wrote:
> On Monday 27 Jan 2003 01:47, Nick Boyce wrote:
> > On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 14:33:24 +0000, Paul Cupis wrote:
> > >... gnome users should use
> > >xscreensaver-gnome, kde users should use xscreensaver-nognome. IMHO,
> > >apt-get-ing the xscreensaver package may pick the wrong one of these by
> > >default.
> >
> > and Michael Hoodes wrote :
> > > What I have done was apt-gotten xscreensaver-nognome
> > > and xscreensaver which set the scene for kde for both
> > > Woody (xscreensaver 3.09) and Sid (xscreensaver 3.10)
> >
> > Um, sorry but I'm confused - are you guys saying we *must* have one of
> > the xscreensaver-blah packages installed in order to get proper *KDE*
> > screensaver behaviour ?
> >
> > Or is that just for getting the xscreensaver random option working ?
> >
> > I just assumed KDE's own screensavers are independent of xscreensaver.
> > Certainly nothing I've installed from Ralf's Woody KDE3.1 site
> > required me to install an xscreensaver package of any kind ..
>
> kde's screensavers should be (are?) independant of xscreensaver.
>
> If you want to use the xscreensaver option, you must have xscreensaver
> installed.
>
> If you want to install xscreensaver, you must install exactly one of either
> xscreensaver-nognome and xscreensaver-gnome, in order to satisfy the
> dependancies of the xscreensaver package.
>
> KDE users should use xscreensaver-nognome over xscreensaver-gnome, if they do
> not have gnome installed.
>
> It seems that installing xscreensaver-gnome may cause (some) duplicate entries
> in the (x)screensaver list when using KDE.
>
> Not quite sure what my point is, but I hope that clarifies things somewhat.
I've not really read the whole thread, but if I'm too far off please
ignore my posting.
I've got xscreensaver & xscreensaver-nognome installed and most (9 out of
10?) of the screensavers just dont work. Nothing happens. I'm using X
4.2.0pre1v1 though. Could that be a reason?
*t
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