Hi i did this a little while ago. my readme, script and XSL is attached (i hope its ok to attach scripts etc to this list). i don't know much more beyond whats here, but it worked fine when i did it. Takis On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 08:27 +0530, Bhasker C V wrote: > Thanks for your replies > I tried running the migrate-xscreensaver-config.sh > but this is complaining that there is no XSLT file which > is not really present when i searched using slocate database ( i have > already built it). > > I read through the internet listings and could get convinced that it is > better to use gnome-screensaver rather than xscreensaver. The only thing > now i am wondering is how to import the xscreensaver screensaver .xml > files into the gnome-screensaver .desktop files so that > gnome-screensaver shows all the screensaver xscreensaver shows. Anybody > had this kind of issue before ? > > On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 00:10 +0200, Eddy Petrișor wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Bhasker C V wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I run Etch on my T42. I use gnome desktop. I installed xscreensaver. > > > After this, I understood that xscreensaver daemon is a seperate daemon > > > compared to gnome-screensaver which runs in gnome session. When i > > > configure gnome's screensaver, I do not see the xscreensavers and when i > > > run xscreensaver, I am not able to link it to the Ctrl+Alt+L key to lock > > > the workstation. How do i import the xscreensaver savers into the > > > gnome-screensaver ? > > > > Please be aware that xscreesaver is considered to have security issues > > and is considered deprecated by gnome-screensaver. > > > > What I don't understand is why would you want xscreensaver. I have just > > installed some "xscreensaver" themes-or-whatever-they're-called and I > > can see them in gnome-screensaver. > > > > - -- > > Regards, > > EddyP > > ============================================= > > "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFFyk5KY8Chqv3NRNoRAqc8AKDOAPm+jDUIg1yXPa3b+bfkUc/tPwCglcDY > > hJsqcq7GpLMQz4Po5W5ge7U= > > =34Hn > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > -- > Bhasker C V > Registered Linux user: #306349 (counter.li.org) > The box said "Requires Windows 95, NT, or better", so I installed Linux. > >
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migrate-xscreensaver-config.sh
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reference: http://philcrissman.com/2006/07/25/howto-add-your-xscreensavers-to-gnome-screensaver/ For the screensaver binaries: /usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver For the desktop files: /usr/share/gnome-screensaver/themes For the xml files: /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/ run the following: mkdir gnome-screensaver cp -i /usr/lib/xscreensaver/* gnome-screensaver cp xscreensaver-config.xsl migrate-xscreensaver-config.sh gnome-screensaver cd gnome-screensaver chmod +x migrate-xscreensaver-config.sh ./migrate-xscreensaver-config.sh /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/ move binaries to: /usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver move dekstop files to: /usr/share/gnome-screensaver/themes
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xscreensaver-config.xsl
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