On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:41:23 +0000 (UTC) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I don't seem to have a very wide variety of screensavers under gnome > (5 basic ones). > > 1) Are more available? > 2) From where? > 3) How do install them? > > Thanks, > > Martin
I don't think so. I tried installing other screensavers, IE, the package electricsheep, and it did not appear in the list of available screensavers in gnome-screensaver. I checked the net, to see if art.gnome.org provided any, but, no, it did not. xscreensaver provides more; so, you could switch. When I used xscreensaver, I found that its presence interfered with my playing fullscreen sdl games such as defendguin, or Quake; so, I gave up on xscreensaver. It was a while ago that I used xscreensaver. So, this may not be an issue any more. If not, and if xscreensaver is now bug-free, one wonders why gnome-screensaver is even being built at all. Of course, are screensavers even necessary? But I digress. There is a site that describes how to get xscreensaver's screensavers to work on gnome-screensaver. It's at http://philcrissman.com/2006/07/25/howto-add-your-xscreensavers-to-gnome-screensaver/ I've not tried KDE's kscreensaver, but it, apparently, already has a package that allows for standard xscreensavers to be used (that being, kscreensaver-xsavers). Why there isn't a similar package for gnome-screensaver is a mystery. Perhaps, in line with gnome's human interface guidelines, they feel that too much choice will confuse us users. Therefore, only a few choices, like planets, ugly floating feet, and pathetic "pop-tart-squares", are provided. Best of luck, Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
