Am Dienstag, 28. Mai 2013, 01:50:34 schrieb Mark: > Hi, > > The Screen Saver (KScreenSaver) Help page should tell end users how to > get Screen Saver (KScreenSaver) to import XScreenSaver screensavers. > > Here is a rough draft of my proposed addition: > > "If you want to add XScreenSaver screensavers to Screen Saver > (KScreenSaver), install "kscreensaver" and any of the XScreenSaver > screensaver packages that have the XScreenSaver screensavers that you > want (xscreensaver-gl, xscreensaver-gl-extra, > xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod, and/or rss-glx). Install > "kscreensaver-xsavers" to allow KScreenSaver to use the XScreenSaver > screensavers. Install "kscreensaver-xsavers-extra" to allow > KScreenSaver to use the "extra" XScreenSaver screensavers. Make sure > to also install "xscreensaver" (but don't ever run "xscreensaver"; > i.e., don't ever launch the XScreenSaver daemon)." > > Note to KDE: I don't know whether adding "xscreensaver" will do the > trick for every personal computer--adding "xscreensaver" did the trick > for my PC--allowed/caused KScreenSaver to import all the XScreenSaver > screensavers. I'd incorrectly thought that adding only "kscreensaver", > "kscreensaver-xsavers", "kscreensaver-xsavers-extra" and all the > XScreenSaver screensaver packages that I wanted would add all these > XScreenSaver screensavers to KScreenSaver. Adding "xscreensaver" did > the trick!! Now KScreenSaver was LOADED with great screensavers! I've > noticed that a number of end users (such as myself) don't know how to > get KScreenSaver to import the XScreenSaver screensavers. > Thanks for your proposal.
You are right, the info, that also xscreenservers can be controlled via this module is missing. But we should keep this a bit more generic, keeping in min that there are many different distributions, package systems, package splitting and names. My proposal: It is additionally possible to use and configure non KDE screen savers like xscreensaver. Please install the kscreensaver-xsavers packages provided by your distribution and the necessary xscreensaver packages. -- Burkhard L?ck
