Screensaver Help

Benjamin Sher delphi123 at zebra.net
Fri Jul 1 20:49:25 UTC 2005


C.Beamer wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I know that many messages have been posted to this list regarding
>screensavers.  I did install the two extra xscreensaver packages that
>are needed to add more screensavers once I saw this advice on the
>list.  However, I couldnt find anything that specifically was like the
>situation that I am having.
>
>Once I installed these, they work fine in Gnome, but they don't work
>in KDE and I'm sorry, but I'm a KDE user and the expanded list of
>screensavers doesn't work in KDE.
>
>I don't understand why Fedora had to go and change the screensavers
>that were installed as part of FC3.  It seems with every new release
>of Fedora, there are more little quirks that have to be overcome to
>get my system back the way it was before the new release.  Don't get
>me wrong.  I love Fedora.  However, when a new release is issued, I
>tend to install fresh rather than doing an upgrade and it's just
>frustrating when I can't immediately get things back the way I had
>them before the new install.
>
>Any direction here would be appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Colleen
>
>  
>
Dear Colleen:

I had the exact same problem. Searched on Google and found the answer:

Here is the URL with full instructions. They work perfectly.

http://www.perturb.org/display/entry/591/

Benjamin




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