On Saturday 10 September 2005 23:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Am Sonntag, 11. September 2005 05:00 schrieb Carl Hartung: > > On Saturday 10 September 2005 19:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I started "gnome-screensaver" in a "gnome-terminal" > > > > Why not just configure it normally using Gnome Control Center -> > > Desktop Preferences -> Screen Saver? That's all I've done here and it > > is now working. > > Hi Carl, > > this is what I did before. The start in the terminal was a test. I hoped > to get (and I got) some output. > > > How did you arrive at RC1? Fresh install or upgrade? > > Fresh install from CD. At install time I choosed KDE-Desktop and later > on GNOME-Desktop via YaST. > > -- mdc
Well, that might be a good clue to investigate. I installed Beta 1 from scratch choosing Gnome as my desktop but, before committing to the installation, I went into "Detailed Selection" and added "KDE Desktop" and then "All of KDE". I then updated, with YaST, to Beta2, then Beta3, then Beta4 and now RC1. There was definitely a change from Beta3 to Beta4 in the operation of gnome-screensaver. As I wrote previously, "blank screen" would not release in Betas 1, 2 or 3. I had to kill gnome-screensaver to get to my desktop. In Beta4, it would release but without requesting a password (and I thought that it was fixed because I didn't set it up to require a password.) Then I updated to RC1 using YaST and it started asking for a password. I interpreted this to mean the bug fix had been implemented. I *would* like to have the random screensavers working, though, but I think they're just not installed... maybe the artwork selection isn't final? Back to your problem, though: There's a long story behind this, but the sequence of packages you select at installation *does* seem to have an impact. My impression is that the moment you select "KDE" or "Gnome" as your desktop, in the background, the installer makes some changes to the installation script. I can't prove it and I don't know what those changes are, exactly, but the mouse pointer briefly switches to (stopwatch?) mode when you choose one or the other desktop. In fact, with 9.3, I was only able to get a stable Gnome desktop after many hours of repeating an install->boot->test->erase sequence where I reduced my package groups down, one at a time, until I found what would give me a stable desktop. I continued with that process, adding package groups one at a time and starting over at the first sign of trouble, until I finally got everything I wanted selected and installed *and* a stable Gnome desktop. It turned out to be a three or four step process. If you search the SLE (suse-linux-e) archive for my posts, you should be able to find my detailed 'report' on that procedure. In any event, I would try a fresh install, choose Gnome as your desktop, let that (stopwatch?) mouse pointer moment happen, then go into detailed selection and add the other packages/groups that you want. I know it's like taking a big hammer to a thumb-tack, but I don't know what else to recommend... particularly since it seems to be fixed in RC1 at this end. regards, - Carl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
