Re: xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver
Takis,
Thanks a lot ! I followed as per the readme.txt and it works fine !
I can see now all the screensavers in the gnome-screensaver !
thanks again...
On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 14:19 +1100, Takis Diakoumis wrote:
> 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:
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> > > 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
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> > > "Imagination is more important than knowledge" A.Einstein
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> > 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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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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