Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
On 31/08/10 15:32, Marc Deslauriers wrote: I see two photo screensavers. The first one is called F-Spot photos and uses the Favorites tag in F-Spot. The second one is called Pictures folder and simply displays the pictures it finds in your ~/Pictures directory. Seriously, what's to configure? If you want a different picture directory, just put a symlink in ~/Pictures. I used to use photo-screensaver when I could configure it to spend only 1 second per photo. Now I don't use a screen-saver because I don't like the dozens of seconds it spends per photo. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
RE: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
It's like Apple's refusal to do cut-n-paste on the iPhone. It will happen in the end but someone may have to get promoted - or leave - before it happens. Sam -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
This is not exactly true, i saw the tunnel screensaver there, and i know that screensaver has settings! also system installs the other screensavers, popsquares for example, but we can't use it cause its initial is lowercase and the interface don't load them i think it is not logic to install something you can't easily reach, configure or even use! -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
Chad Bernier wrote: I liked the app solution. I checked it out when I was using Ubuntu. I don't have a linux right now, and I am not sure which I will pick when I put it on again. I don't think this is an issue though. There are more important things to work on. Screen savers haven't been necessary for years, and they are often annoying. Either you set it to a really long timeout, or they pop up in the middle of a TV show. I want the screen either on, or off. Save some electricity and let your monitor go blank, sleep, or off. If you like a certain screen saver that much, you can install the stuff needed to make it work right. Linux is all about messing with things anyways. On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Irios nachodelosr...@gmail.com wrote: Why is it that we *have* to be stuck with the suckiest screensaver selector of any platform? We've got some of the coolest screensavers, but some are really very bad; however, there's no way to make a selection, and all users are stuck with choosing just one, or letting any one pop up at random. All because a square headed upstream maintainer has determined It Is Bad for Us. Who cares about diverging from Gnome upstream in this? Don't we diverge from upstream with the notifier, for example, which is far more important? Let's kick the screen saver selector in the butt! Then we may push it upstream, and everything will be dandy. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. I wonder if a solution would be thus: Leave the screensaver config program alone, but create an additional program that edits a particular .desktop file. A user simply sets their screensaver to this special one, and uses this hypothetical tool to configure the screensaver as they actually like. gnome-screensaver need not know of this at all. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
But *WHY* do we have to run around in rings to do something that should be simple, just not to miff inoperative upstream maintenance. Let's DIVERGE if we want something good, while upstrem pushes something bad. Really, the screensaver is not important. Fine, then, let's fix it too, because this Ubuntu Papercuts program is for fixing unimportant things that are badly done and are pebbles in the sandal on the road to a totally smooth user experience. And it should be a very simple fix, it is not as we're trying to reimplement the window manager (which has been done for the Netbook Release). Leave the screensaver config program alone, but create an additional program that edits a particular .desktop file. A user simply sets their screensaver to this special one, and uses this hypothetical tool to configure the screensaver as they actually like. gnome-screensaver need not know of this at all. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
Why is it that we *have* to be stuck with the suckiest screensaver selector of any platform? We've got some of the coolest screensavers, but some are really very bad; however, there's no way to make a selection, and all users are stuck with choosing just one, or letting any one pop up at random. All because a square headed upstream maintainer has determined It Is Bad for Us. Who cares about diverging from Gnome upstream in this? Don't we diverge from upstream with the notifier, for example, which is far more important? Let's kick the screen saver selector in the butt! Then we may push it upstream, and everything will be dandy. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
I liked the app solution. I checked it out when I was using Ubuntu. I don't have a linux right now, and I am not sure which I will pick when I put it on again. I don't think this is an issue though. There are more important things to work on. Screen savers haven't been necessary for years, and they are often annoying. Either you set it to a really long timeout, or they pop up in the middle of a TV show. I want the screen either on, or off. Save some electricity and let your monitor go blank, sleep, or off. If you like a certain screen saver that much, you can install the stuff needed to make it work right. Linux is all about messing with things anyways. On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Irios nachodelosr...@gmail.com wrote: Why is it that we *have* to be stuck with the suckiest screensaver selector of any platform? We've got some of the coolest screensavers, but some are really very bad; however, there's no way to make a selection, and all users are stuck with choosing just one, or letting any one pop up at random. All because a square headed upstream maintainer has determined It Is Bad for Us. Who cares about diverging from Gnome upstream in this? Don't we diverge from upstream with the notifier, for example, which is far more important? Let's kick the screen saver selector in the butt! Then we may push it upstream, and everything will be dandy. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
I would just like to say that I'd really like this package to be in some kind of a repository. I find things in the local or obsolete section annoying. On 6/11/08, James_pic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xFX: I thought you might like to know that the current version of gnome- screensaver can accept themes from ~/.local/share/applications/screensavers, as well as /usr/share/applications/screensavers. I've attached a hacked version of screensaver-settings, which modifies themes in this folder rather than in /usr/share/... . I'm not an experienced programmer, so it's kinda kludgy -- e.g, it can't create the directory ~/.local/share/applications/screensavers if it doesn't already exist -- but otherwise it seems to work more or less as expected, so it can persistently modify screensaver settings (per user) without root access. It's really just a proof of concept, but it'd be nice to have something like this in the next version of screensaver-settings ** Attachment added: screensaver-settings-0.3.0-modified.tar.bz2 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15200400/screensaver-settings-0.3.0-modified.tar.bz2 -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
Try Moneybookers instead of Paypal... Maybe that can help ** Attachment added: unnamed http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12993637/unnamed -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
Thank you very much! Hopefully someone can package it into Ubuntu. ** Attachment added: unnamed http://launchpadlibrarian.net/12950811/unnamed -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
RE: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
I tried o paypal that author to show thanks, but he didn't collect the payment and it as returned. I've got 25 dollars waiting if he gpl's what's he's already released. Sam -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
* Vadim Peretokin wrote, On 05/03/08 04:39: I did get in touch with the author, and he said that he'll release the next version under a license, probably LGPL. That would be okay, yeah? Maybe the author will also release this version under LGPL? I've seen lots of people never get round to the next version. If he releases this version then it doesn't matter if he doesn't get round to it. Sam -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
question. what is there to stop someone else from taking someone's unlicensed work, adding their own license to it, and calling it theirs? how do you prove copyright in cases like this? On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Conrad Knauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adding to what Reinhard Tartler said, it is my understanding that copyright remains with the author unless they specifically renounce it (e.g. 'I release this work into the public domain'). What you quoted is basically that the author has given you permission to distribute a 64-bit version of the program. He doesn't explicitly extend that to others and doesn't (appear to) give you permission to alter it further. Like I said, 'freeware' as it stands right now. You should contact the author (the sooner the better!) and discuss what license they would like their software under. These links might help: http://www.opensource.org/licenses http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html (see the chart) -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
I did get in touch with the author, and he said that he'll release the next version under a license, probably LGPL. That would be okay, yeah? On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Conrad Knauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Copyright is with the original author. You can't just take someone else's work, plaster a license on it and call it yours and expect the law (or anyone really!) to recognize it :) Proving copyright is simple enough; just show when/where the original was published and by whom. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derivative_work In the case of this package, the DEB packaging itself is separate (and separately licensed) from the code it contains. The problem here is not plagiarism, but an unspecified license for the bulk of the code inside the DEB. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
It is open-source already. Sources are avialable on his website: http://xfx.net/utilities/sss/ On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 11:11 PM, cablop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought the code was open source already, it isn't? I didn't mirrored it cause I was too busy and have little problems, but i'm still interested in doing that -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
Oh. Well, I thought it was open-source since there's no visible license, hence, it's in the public domain - and that means freely distributable. Here's what the xfx said to me a while ago: That's great! If you have the means, please, feel free to redistribute your 64bit binary version of the program. So, the means here would be the repositories, and since we have them, we're free to distribute the program. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Conrad Knauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vadim Peretokin: it is not enough for source code to be available; to be open it needs to be licensed under an open source license (that is, it allows redistribution and modification), otherwise its just 'freeware'. The DEB file lacks a proper copyright file for the status of the code it contains. Unless proper license info becomes available, it can't be accepted into the Ubuntu repositories. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
I thought the code was open source already, it isn't? I didn't mirrored it cause I was too busy and have little problems, but i'm still interested in doing that -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
xfx, I tried to paypal you but the paypent was returned. Sam -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
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Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
Thank-you for doing this. $10 from me when there are deb-src available whether by ubuntu or hosted yourself. (i.e. so I can do: apt-get -b source) Sam -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/22007 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 22007] Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
ubuntu-desktop is just a meta-package, removing it will not break your system On 8/11/06, Computer Geek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least allow gnome-screensaver to be removed seperate of ubuntu- desktop... then i could install xscreensaver and use that instead. -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://launchpad.net/bugs/22007 -- Ryan Rawdon Computer and Systems Engineering, IT Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute '08 -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://launchpad.net/bugs/22007 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 22007] Re: [Bug 22007] Re: no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver
Yes that's an idea, but what I don't understand is this step back, because in Breezy we were able to select whatever screensaver we wanted??? Jordan a écrit : The developer on bugzilla stated Also, unless you are motivated enough to actually write some code or pay/convince someone else to do it for you then you are less likely to get what you want. I don't really know how this sort of thing works, but I will pitch in $40 to get real functionality in gnome-screensaver ( I would help code but I don't consider myself a good enough programmer yet ), if that is what is needed to motivate somebody to fork or fix this problem. Anybody else willing to contribute? Is this just a stupid idea? -- no 'Settings' button in gnome-screensaver https://launchpad.net/bugs/22007 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
