Xscreensaver transitions

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 07:29:57 +0530
"Sridhar M.A." <mas at mylug.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 05:28:11PM +0100, hollywoodb wrote:
>    > 
>    > If you want to define how many minutes one screensaver displays
>    > before switching to the next you change the cycle time in the
>    > main xscreensaver control panel.
>    >
>    > gnome:
>    > System -> Preferences -> Screensaver
>    >
> In dapper, there is no option to set this parameter. I am attaching a
> screenshot of the screensaver preferences window.
> 
That's gnome screensaver, not xscreensaver.  try invoking xscreensaver
from a terminal and see if you don't get what you want.  You may have
to disable gnome screensaver first.

>    > terminal:
>    > xscreensaver-demo
>    >
> The xscreensaver-gl package which is installed does not have
> xscreensaver-demo. In fact, this is mentioned on the xscreensaver
> homepage. But dpkg -L xscreensaver-gl did not reveal this particular
> file.
> 
> Regards,
> 
I'm pretty sure you need to have xscreensaver installed, too, not just
xscreensaver-gl which supplies particular extra screensaver hacks, not
the executable.
I have:
xscreensaver
xscreensaver-data
xscreensaver-data-extra
xscreensaver-gl
xscreensaver-gl-extra
and it all works flawlessly.

Cybe R. Wizard
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