Public bug reported: The vidwhacker screensaver depends on the netpbm package, if not installed it fails with a nondescriptive error "vidwhacker: 0-length data". Installing the netpbm package fixes the problem.
I think a dependency on the netpbm package should be added to the xscreensaver-data-extra package. This was tested on a fresh Dapper install as of 26-9-2006. package versions: ii netpbm 10.0-10ubuntu1 ii xscreensaver 4.23-4ubuntu8 ii xscreensaver-data 4.23-4ubuntu8 ii xscreensaver-data-extra 4.23-4ubuntu8 ii xscreensaver-gl 4.23-4ubuntu8 ii xscreensaver-gl-extra 4.23-4ubuntu8 ** Affects: xscreensaver (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- vidwhacker depends on netpbm https://launchpad.net/bugs/62464 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs