[CentOS] Re: KDE screensaver on Centos 4.1

[BRUCE STANLEY]

--- Vincent Knecht <vknecht at club-internet.fr> wrote:

> Le Vendredi 19 Août 2005 23:39, BRUCE STANLEY a écrit :
> > --- Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> > > BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > > > --- Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> > > >>BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> [...]
> > > > Where can I pick up the new rpms from?
> > > > I don't use yum at home due to slow dial up line.
> > > > I burn them on CD here at work and then I do
> > > > rpm installs.....living on the edge I guess ...  :-)
> > >
> > > There are no fixed "stock" RHEL packages that I'm aware of.  If you
> > > using packages from kde-redhat, ours are fixed.  (-:
> > >
> 
>
> Perhaps using kde-redhat is not mandatory to fix screensaver behaviour.
> 
> >
> > What is the link to the kde-rehat server?
> >
> > What would be the mininum rpm files that I would need
> > to update  kdeartwork?
> >
> > Would I need to update  kdelibs and kdebase also?
> 
> Here's the list of kde packages installed on my machine:
> kdepim-3.3.1-2.1
> kdemultimedia-3.3.1-2
> kde-i18n-French-3.3.1-2.1
> kdeadmin-3.3.1-2
> kdeutils-3.3.1-2
> kdelibs-3.3.1-3.11
> kdeaddons-3.3.1-2
> kdenetwork-3.3.1-2.3
> kdegraphics-3.3.1-3.4
> kdebase-3.3.1-5.5
> kdeartwork-3.3.1-2
> 
> Bruce, I guess you should check if you're up-to-date with regular CentOS 
> update repository, update if you are not, then check if you still suffer 
> screensaver issue.
> 
>

I found a work-around that allows most of the screen savers to
work.  Some of the GL savers are still a little slugish or buggy.

I installed the latest KDE updates in the Centos 4.1 update repository
but that did not solve the problem.

I ran  man xscreensaver  and found out a way to run xscreensaver that
bypasses KDE and this got around the problem.


I did the following:

  1).  ran control-center and turned screensavers off in KDE.

  2). created a file named  xscreensaver.desktop  and placed it 
      in by  ~.kde/Autostart  directory.

      The file contains the following lines:

      [Desktop Entry]
      Exec=xscreensaver
      Name=XScreensaver
      Type=Application
      X-KDE-StartupNotify=false

  3). then I created a program launcher on my desktop that runs
      xscreensaver-demo  when I want to change to different screen savers.


Now xscreensaver startups when I login and my screen savers work!  

Rex has a set of RPMs from  redhad-kde that also fix the problem.
I wonder if Rex could make them available on the Centos 4.1 updates
repository?