configure screensaver

[Matthew Flaschen]

Homer wrote:
> On 2/16/07, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
>> Homer wrote:
>> > The command I was looking for is xscreensaver-demo.  I am running 6.06
>> > LTS and xscreensaver was not installed.  I installed it but whatever
>> > KDE is using for screen savers won't let xscreensaver take over.
>> > That's my layman's description.
>>
>> Follow the instructions at http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man1.html#10
>>
>> This may not be reversible without reinstalling kde, but I've never had
>> real problems with the xscreensaver setup.
> 
> I just logged in to post that same link.  FWIW the follwoing all lock
> X up on my machine:  Lorenz Attractor, Galaxy, Julia, FadePlot,
> Hopalong.
> 

Hmm.  Galaxy, Julia, FadePlot, and Hopalong worked (though slow because
I'm using a generic driver), though I don't seem to have Lorenz
Attractor.  My install is gNewSense-KDE 1.1 (Kubuntu Dapper with
proprietary code removed).  Are you using the Ubuntu xscreensaver package?

By the way, I generally use xscreensaver exclusively with ElectricSheep
(http://electricsheep.org/) which is a great screen saver (with an
Ubuntu package).  All the clients render jpeg frames with constantly
changing algorithms.  Then the jpegs are formed into mpegs on the server
then distributed to clients, which play them while rendering (i.e. while
the computer is idle).  It's based on the quote "Androids dream of
electric sheep".

Matthew Flaschen

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