[Arm-dev] xscreensaver missing from xfce group

Skorpeo Skorpeo

skorpeo11 at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 20:48:07 UTC 2018


check xlog, are you running as root? Also there is config somewhere xscreensaver.desktop file. Of the top of my head. 

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> On Dec 13, 2018, at 10:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
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> 
> 
>> On 12/13/18 11:31 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> I am trying to add xscreensaver manually.
>> 
>> I did a yum install xscreensaver and it also installed the following dependencies:
>> 
>>     1:xscreensaver-gl-base-5.39-3.el7.armv7hl
>>     1:xscreensaver-5.39-3.el7.armv7hl
>>     1:xscreensaver-base-5.39-3.el7.armv7hl
>>     1:xscreensaver-extras-5.39-3.el7.armv7hl
>>     1:xscreensaver-gl-extras-5.39-3.el7.armv7hl
>> 
>> And when I vnc to the system and wait, xscreensaver kicks in with the defaults.  But the control app is not in
>> 
>> applications > settings
>> 
>> And I can't figure out what to install.  greping for xscreensaver frm a yum list, I get:
>> 
>> cinnamon-screensaver.armv7hl 3.6.1-2.el7                  epel
>> cinnamon-screensaver-unsupported.noarch 3.6.1-2.el7                  epel
>> gnome-screensaver.armv7hl 3.6.1-14.el7                 epel
>> kdeartwork-screensavers.armv7hl 4.10.5-4.el7                 base
>> mate-screensaver.armv7hl 1.16.1-1.el7                 epel
>> mate-screensaver-devel.armv7hl 1.16.1-1.el7                 epel
>> xscreensaver.armv7hl 1:5.39-3.el7                 epel
>> xscreensaver-base.armv7hl 1:5.39-3.el7                 epel
>> xscreensaver-extras.armv7hl 1:5.39-3.el7                 epel
>> xscreensaver-extras-gss.armv7hl 1:5.39-3.el7                 epel
>> xscreensaver-gl-base.armv7hl 1:5.39-3.el7                 epel
>> xscreensaver-gl-extras.armv7hl 1:5.39-3.el7                 epel
>> xscreensaver-gl-extras-gss.armv7hl 1:5.39-3.el7 epel
>> 
>> What of the above might be the control app?
> 
> So far I have learned that running xscreensaver-demo for the command line to get the control dialog.
> 
> But nothing yet on how to fix the basic issue.
> 
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