Hi there,

My KDE 3.1.0 setup, under MDK 9.1, has gone a bit berko...

The nice OpenGL and other screensavers that came with KDE 3.1 are
not being shown in the screensaver config dialog anymore. The
executables are named *.kss, and reside in /usr/bin. They can be
launched from a commandline or x file manager, so they're fine.
KDE has .desktop files that define launching of these executables.
These files are stored in /usr/share/applnk/System/ScreenSavers.
Despite everything being where it should be no screensavers are
listed when I right click on KDE desktop, then select Screensaver
from the Configure Desktop dialog...

I've RTFM several times but to no avail, since the docs on how the
screensaver works are very sketchy at best.

I did find a copy of that group of .desktop files in this dir...

/home/mydir/.kde/share/applnk-mdk/.hidden/ScreenSavers

I presumed that would prevent KDE from using them, but whether I
rename them or move them from there altogether makes no difference
to getting access to my screensavers...none are shown! :-(

Do any CLUG guys know what could cause this carnage? I'd prefer to
have a screensaver running, especially a nice OpenGL one like KFlux
or KEuphoria...

Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch.




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