Thank you for confirming. I asked the upstream to enable double buffering on Linux again.
-- 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/1390304 Title: Noof does not preview or run Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Noof stopped working in Xubuntu 14.10. I worked in Xubuntu 14.04, I can see it demo in Settings Manager but I get a blank black screen in Preview and when the screensaver activates. Other screensavers work. xscreensaver 5.30 - I just installed the latest deb binary. Response from the maintainer of xscreensaver: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jamie Zawinski <j...@jwz.org> Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Noof stopped working in Xubuntu 14.10 To: Michael McGinnis <mike...@biographiks.com> I dunno, it's working for me... noof.c hasn't changed since 2011. -- Jamie Zawinski http://www.jwz.org/ http://www.dnalounge.com/ ########################################################################## xscreensaver: 06:53:56: logging to "log.txt" at Mon Nov 3 06:53:56 2014 ########################################################################## xscreensaver 5.30, copyright (c) 1991-2014 by Jamie Zawinski <j...@jwz.org>. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: running as michael/michael (1000/1000) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: in process 19834. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: running on display ":0.0" xscreensaver: 06:53:56: vendor is The X.Org Foundation, 11600000. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: useful extensions: xscreensaver: 06:53:56: MIT Screen-Saver (disabled at compile time) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: Shared Memory (1.2) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: Double-Buffering (1.0) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: Power Management (1.1) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: GLX xscreensaver: 06:53:56: XF86 Video-Mode (2.2) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: XC Misc (disabled at compile time) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: Xinerama (1.1) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: Resize-and-Rotate (1.4) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: XInput xscreensaver: 06:53:56: screen 0 non-colormapped depths: 24. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: WARNING: RANDR and Xinerama report different xscreensaver: 06:53:56: screen layouts! Believing RANDR. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: screens in use: 1 xscreensaver: 06:53:56: 0/0: 1024x768+0+0 (VGA1) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: rejected screens: 3 xscreensaver: 06:53:56: 1/0: 1024x768+0+0 (HDMI1) -- output disabled xscreensaver: 06:53:56: 2/0: 1024x768+0+0 (DP1) -- output disabled xscreensaver: 06:53:56: 3/0: 0x0+0+0 (VIRTUAL1) -- output disabled xscreensaver: 06:53:56: selecting RANDR events xscreensaver: 06:53:56: not using XInputExtension. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: consulting /proc/interrupts for keyboard activity. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: 0: visual 0x20 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: default) xscreensaver: 06:53:56: 0: saver window is 0x2200001. xscreensaver: 06:53:56: selecting events on extant windows... done. xscreensaver: 06:53:57: awaiting idleness. xscreensaver: 06:54:25: DEMO 162 ClientMessage received. xscreensaver: 06:54:25: user is idle (ClientMessage) xscreensaver: 06:54:25: demoing 162 at Mon Nov 3 06:54:25 2014. xscreensaver: 06:54:25: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x7e... GrabSuccess. xscreensaver: 06:54:25: 0: grabbing mouse on 0x7e... GrabSuccess. xscreensaver: 06:54:25: 0: xscreensaver-gl-helper: GL visual is 0x20 (default). xscreensaver: 06:54:25: 0: visual 0x20 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: 256) xscreensaver: 06:54:25: 0: saver window is 0x2200024. xscreensaver: 06:54:25: 0: destroyed old saver window 0x2200001. xscreensaver: 06:54:25: 0: spawning "noof -root" in pid 19836. xscreensaver: 06:54:28: user is active (keyboard activity) xscreensaver: 06:54:28: unblanking screen at Mon Nov 3 06:54:28 2014. xscreensaver: 06:54:28: 0: killing pid 19836 (noof) xscreensaver: 06:54:28: 0: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x7e). xscreensaver: 06:54:28: 0: ungrabbing keyboard (was 0x7e). xscreensaver: 06:54:28: starting de-race timer (10 seconds.) xscreensaver: 06:54:28: awaiting idleness. xscreensaver: signal: 0: child pid 19836 (noof) terminated with signal 15. xscreensaver: 06:54:29: DEMO 162 ClientMessage received. xscreensaver: 06:54:29: user is idle (ClientMessage) xscreensaver: 06:54:29: demoing 162 at Mon Nov 3 06:54:29 2014. xscreensaver: 06:54:29: stopping de-race timer (9 remaining.) xscreensaver: 06:54:29: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x7e... GrabSuccess. xscreensaver: 06:54:29: 0: grabbing mouse on 0x7e... GrabSuccess. xscreensaver: 06:54:29: 0: visual 0x20 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: 256) xscreensaver: 06:54:29: 0: saver window is 0x2200027. xscreensaver: 06:54:29: 0: destroyed old saver window 0x2200024. xscreensaver: 06:54:29: 0: spawning "noof -root" in pid 19837. xscreensaver: 06:54:33: user is active (keyboard activity) xscreensaver: 06:54:33: unblanking screen at Mon Nov 3 06:54:33 2014. xscreensaver: 06:54:33: 0: killing pid 19837 (noof) xscreensaver: 06:54:33: 0: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x7e). xscreensaver: 06:54:33: 0: ungrabbing keyboard (was 0x7e). xscreensaver: 06:54:33: starting de-race timer (10 seconds.) xscreensaver: 06:54:33: awaiting idleness. xscreensaver: signal: 0: child pid 19837 (noof) terminated with signal 15. xscreensaver: 06:54:43: de-race completed. xscreensaver: 07:32:58: user is idle (timeout) xscreensaver: 07:32:58: blanking screen at Mon Nov 3 07:32:58 2014. xscreensaver: 07:32:58: 0: grabbing keyboard on 0x7e... GrabSuccess. xscreensaver: 07:32:58: 0: grabbing mouse on 0x7e... GrabSuccess. xscreensaver: 07:32:58: fading... xscreensaver: 07:33:00: fading done. xscreensaver: 07:33:00: 0: visual 0x20 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: 256) xscreensaver: 07:33:00: 0: saver window is 0x220002a. xscreensaver: 07:33:00: 0: destroyed old saver window 0x2200027. xscreensaver: 07:33:00: 0: spawning "noof -root" in pid 20004. xscreensaver: 07:45:00: 0: killing pid 20004 (noof) xscreensaver: 07:45:00: 0: visual 0x20 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: 256) xscreensaver: 07:45:00: 0: saver window is 0x220002d. xscreensaver: signal: 0: child pid 20004 (noof) terminated with signal 15. xscreensaver: 07:45:00: 0: destroyed old saver window 0x220002a. xscreensaver: 07:45:00: 0: spawning "noof -root" in pid 20089. xscreensaver: 07:57:00: 0: killing pid 20089 (noof) xscreensaver: 07:57:00: 0: visual 0x20 (TrueColor, depth: 24, cmap: 256) xscreensaver: 07:57:00: 0: saver window is 0x2200030. xscreensaver: 07:57:00: 0: destroyed old saver window 0x220002d. xscreensaver: 07:57:00: 0: spawning "noof -root" in pid 28962. xscreensaver: signal: 0: child pid 20089 (noof) terminated with signal 15. xscreensaver: 08:02:20: user is active (mouse motion) xscreensaver: 08:02:20: unblanking screen at Mon Nov 3 08:02:20 2014. xscreensaver: 08:02:20: 0: killing pid 28962 (noof) xscreensaver: 08:02:20: 0: ungrabbing mouse (was 0x7e). xscreensaver: 08:02:20: 0: ungrabbing keyboard (was 0x7e). xscreensaver: signal: 0: child pid 28962 (noof) terminated with signal 15. xscreensaver: 08:02:20: starting de-race timer (10 seconds ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xscreensaver-gl-extra 5.26-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Nov 6 20:47:08 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/xscreensaver/noof InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-10-21 (1477 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xscreensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-31 (6 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xscreensaver/+bug/1390304/+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