On Sunday 01 Dec 2002 6:13 pm, Jerry wrote: > I just downloaded some new screensavers from a link in one of the recent > Mandrake Linux newsletters (they were from reallyslick.com). > Unfortunately, i lost the newsletter which had some info on how to get them > to work with xscreensaver. could someone please send me a copy of the > newsletter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or explain? > > info Mandrake 8.2 Voodoo3 3000 3dfx drivers installed / work > installed: Mesa libs, glide modules, glide v3 dri > openGL stuff works on my machine > configured to --prefix=/usr (instead of the default /usr/local) when > configuring the screensavers. > > Thanks :-) > > Jerry.
Yes they are really really nice. First make sure you have the xscreensaver RPM installed. Then install the new OpenGL screensavers RPM by following this link http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=2540&lang=en To use it I wrote a script called ~/.xscreenstart.sh containing the lines #!/bin/sh xscreensaver -nosplash & Then make the script executable. Now just insert that script into the startup sequence of your Window Manager. For KDE you can do that by right clicking on the desktop and CreateNew>LinktoApplication in the pop up window give the link a name, and in the execute tab enter sh ~/.xscreenstart.sh You can now use konqueror to drag and drop this link into the hidden directory ~/.kde/Autostart You must also disable the KDE screen saver :) You can configure/test the screensavers with xscreensaver-demo typed in a user terminal. derek (Notes for newbies:- ~ is your home directory== /home/username/ Files prefixed with '.' are hidden Use View>Showhiddenfiles in konqueror to see them. A file can be made executable by right clicking on it in konqueror select Properties>Permission and check the exec box)
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