Public bug reported: glsideshow (/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow) by default fails to display images other than the 'null' image. This behaviour is experienced in other image getting screensavers such as carousel etc.
glslideshow is parsing .xscreensaver correctly as is evident if bogus lines are ammended etc. imageDirectory: /blah is set correctly Adding -images to line 77 of glslideshow.c st that the line is: "*desktopGrabber: xscreensaver-getimage -no-desktop -images %s\n" \ solves the problem for windowed display: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -duration 8 -pan 8 -fade 4 -zoom 100 -letterbox With -root as: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -duration 8 -pan 8 -fade 4 -zoom 100 -letterbox -root no image is displayed in with unity/copiz manager With xwinwrap glslideshow fails with: xwinwrap -ni -argb -fs -o 1 -s -st -sp -b -nf -- /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -duration 8 -pan 8 -fade 4 -zoom 100 -letterbox -window-id WID -root with error: X error in xscreensaver-getimage: X Error of farsion from xscreensaveriled request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 72 (X_PutImage) Serial number of failed request: 30 Current serial number in output stream: 35 Tried with latest vanilla from www.jwz.org, same issues 0 i.e upstream. Obvouly my motivation is slideshow on the desktop background. ubuntu 12.10 raring. ** Affects: xscreensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1192022 Title: glslideshow fails to display images, partial fix found Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: glsideshow (/usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow) by default fails to display images other than the 'null' image. This behaviour is experienced in other image getting screensavers such as carousel etc. glslideshow is parsing .xscreensaver correctly as is evident if bogus lines are ammended etc. imageDirectory: /blah is set correctly Adding -images to line 77 of glslideshow.c st that the line is: "*desktopGrabber: xscreensaver-getimage -no-desktop -images %s\n" \ solves the problem for windowed display: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -duration 8 -pan 8 -fade 4 -zoom 100 -letterbox With -root as: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -duration 8 -pan 8 -fade 4 -zoom 100 -letterbox -root no image is displayed in with unity/copiz manager With xwinwrap glslideshow fails with: xwinwrap -ni -argb -fs -o 1 -s -st -sp -b -nf -- /usr/lib/xscreensaver/glslideshow -duration 8 -pan 8 -fade 4 -zoom 100 -letterbox -window-id WID -root with error: X error in xscreensaver-getimage: X Error of farsion from xscreensaveriled request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 72 (X_PutImage) Serial number of failed request: 30 Current serial number in output stream: 35 Tried with latest vanilla from www.jwz.org, same issues 0 i.e upstream. Obvouly my motivation is slideshow on the desktop background. ubuntu 12.10 raring. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1192022/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp