Hi Mark, please use the mailing list for conversation, so other documentation people can step in.
Thanks. Am Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2013, 11:44:52 schrieben Sie: > Hi, > > You're welcome; it was my pleasure; I get a kick out of XScreenSaver > screen savers. > > Thank you for improving upon my proposed addition by generalizing it. > > I'm not sure that your proposed addition will do the job. My point was > that end users could not (and would not) populate (if that's the right > term) KDE Screen Saver with the XScreenSaver screen savers by merely > (only) installing the kscreensavers-xsavers packages and the desired > xscreensaver packages--the end users HAD to also add the XScreenSaver > package (xscreensaver) itself (without ever running XScreenSaver). To > put it into plain English, you ain't gonna get a lot of the great > XScreenSaver screen savers into KDE Screen Saver unless you install > "xscreensaver". This procedure evidently worked for me--it's entirely > possible that this procedure is not universal (though I suspect that > it is). > > > Mark Feldman > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:42 PM, Burkhard L?ck <lueck at hube-lueck.de> > wrote: > > 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 -- Burkhard L?ck
