Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Le 08/04/2018 à 14:53, Jonathan Billings a écrit : > It appears that the spec file actually patches xscreensaver to change > the time bomb date to be the build time, so you’d only need to > rebuild it to make it stop. (The EPEL maintainer could too) > >

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

in that XScreenSaver deals with locking the screen/dealing >> with passwords. I believe the fancy animation bits are separate. >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/c

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

ieve the fancy animation bits are separate. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos xscreensaver is security critical for the following reasons: 1. Several of the screensavers take user

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

On 09/04/2018 07:47, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > I didn't know a screensaver was that critical. It's critical in that XScreenSaver deals with locking the screen/dealing with passwords. I believe the fancy animation bits are separate. ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

> It's not rocket science: someone on your distro's team just needs to > update it ONCE A YEAR. If that is too onerous for them, then I'd prefer > that they not distribute my software at all. And that just goes to show that he knows not what CentOS is - since clearly he doesn't realise that it

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Hello, On Sun, 08 Apr 2018 18:10:35 -0700 Keith Keller wrote: > On 2018-04-08, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > Le 09/04/2018 à 00:33, Keith Keller a écrit : > >> I think you can use the --no-splash switch. > >> > >>

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Le 09/04/2018 à 03:04, Chris Adams a écrit : > It's Open Source - patching to remove such a nag is legal and a service > to the users. > > It's a screensaver program - how many updates does it need anyway? If > it is just updates to add more fancy animations, there is zero reason to > demand

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

On 2018-04-08, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Le 09/04/2018 à 00:33, Keith Keller a écrit : >> I think you can use the --no-splash switch. >> >> https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man1.html >> >> There's probably also a config setting in .xscreensaver. > > No, there's no

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Once upon a time, Nicolas Kovacs said: > No, there's no configuration setting. And no way to turn it off. Patrick > Volkerding wrote about this some time ago in Slackware's ChangeLog.txt, > explaining he decided to upgrade this single piece of software > mid-release just to

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Le 09/04/2018 à 00:33, Keith Keller a écrit : > I think you can use the --no-splash switch. > > https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/man1.html > > There's probably also a config setting in .xscreensaver. No, there's no configuration setting. And no way to turn it off. Patrick Volkerding wrote about

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

On 2018-04-08, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > As far as I can tell, there would be several solutions to this problem. > > 1. Ask the EPEL maintainers to keep the application up-to-date. > > 2. Patch the darn thing so I don't get the annoying popup. > > 3. Maintain my own up-to-date

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

On Sun, 8 Apr 2018 22:28:04 +0200 Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > This mister JWZ just blogged and tweeted loudly about it, He apparently doesn't understand what his own software does, either: "They had to CLICK OK on a dialog box after they rebooted!!" The dialog box comes up when you log in, not

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

; https://web.archive.org/web/20180408204243/https:/twitter.com/jwz/status/983061118863032320 R. S. Tyler Schroder -Original Message- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Kovacs Sent: Sunday, April 8, 2018 4:28 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] XScr

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Le 08/04/2018 à 21:47, Stephen John Smoogen a écrit : > Yeah that is pretty classic JWZ... well except he didn’t say something > anatomically impossible. I think he may have mellowed a bit. This mister JWZ just blogged and tweeted loudly about it, and it looks like he hates CentOS as much as he

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Le 08/04/2018 à 21:47, Stephen John Smoogen a écrit : > Yeah that is pretty classic JWZ... well except he didn’t say > something anatomically impossible. I think he may have mellowed a > bit. I will see if the EPEL version can be updated. Also to make sure > that he doesn’t get the bugs since he

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 1:06 PM Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Le 08/04/2018 à 13:54, Nicolas Kovacs a écrit : > > As far as I can tell, there would be several solutions to this problem. > > > > 1. Ask the EPEL maintainers to keep the application up-to-date. > > > > 2. Patch the darn

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Le 08/04/2018 à 13:54, Nicolas Kovacs a écrit : > As far as I can tell, there would be several solutions to this problem. > > 1. Ask the EPEL maintainers to keep the application up-to-date. > > 2. Patch the darn thing so I don't get the annoying popup. > > 3. Maintain my own up-to-date version

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

Le 08/04/2018 à 16:25, Valeri Galtsev a écrit : > This is a big change, so it must be prompted by substantial reason. > Would you mind share it: what about slackware was that bad to prompt > it. > > Thanks a lot for your insights! At the time of the change, about a year ago, I've written a short

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

On Sun, April 8, 2018 6:54 am, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently moving all our local school's desktop clients from > Slackware 14.1 to CentOS 7 + Xfce. Right now I'm fine-tuning the default > user profile. This is a big change, so it must be prompted by substantial reason. Would you

Re: [CentOS] XScreenSaver

On Apr 8, 2018, at 07:54, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm currently moving all our local school's desktop clients from > Slackware 14.1 to CentOS 7 + Xfce. Right now I'm fine-tuning the default > user profile. > > I have a problem with XScreenSaver. The application

[CentOS] XScreenSaver

Hi, I'm currently moving all our local school's desktop clients from Slackware 14.1 to CentOS 7 + Xfce. Right now I'm fine-tuning the default user profile. I have a problem with XScreenSaver. The application per se works very well. Only there's a hard-coded pop-up window that reminds the user

[CentOS] xscreensaver lock problem resolved!

Hello to all: I'd like to thank everyone who offered insight to why xscreensaver lock wasn't working. Just this morning I performed a last-minute search, based on some leads, of possible pam configuration issues. One URL that popped up via google was