FC5 Screensavers

[Aaron Gray]

Cheers Jim.

Great, thanks very much for showing me that :)

Aaron


Jim Cornette wrote:
> Aaron Gray wrote:
>> I have both xscreensaver-gl-extras and xscreensaver installed but 
>> cannot see them in the screensaver preferences dialog :(
> The two newly introduced gss programs mentioned in an early posting 
> might help display all of the installed screensavers. I upgraded to 
> the updates-testing version that are upgraded versions as of recently.
>>
>
> The gnome-screensaver program unchecks the xscreensaver-demo choice on 
> the menu. In order to get the xscreensaver to appear on the menu, you 
> need to right click on any of the three submenus while you hover over 
> the menu bar. When you select "Edit Menus" there will be a preferences 
> heading in the left panel for the menu editor. In the right panel with 
> preferences selected in the left panel, there will be an icon for 
> xscreensaver with a tv screen with a flame and a lock as content. This 
> is the xscreensaver menu that was hidden because of gnome-screensaver 
> being the default. After you select the checkmark, you should see this 
> selection under system > preferences > screensaver (with the flame). 
> You will be prompted to start the daemon for xscreensaver. From there, 
> you should be able to customize your xscreensaver menu.
>
> Regarding gnome-screensaver and the improvements, I did not like the 
> all random, one selection or blank screen limitation. The hack does 
> make it more appealing, but the inability of not being able to 
> unselect various screensavers from the available screensavers is still 
> a major regression in my view.
>
> Jim