Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-20 Thread Mick
On Thursday, 20 June 2019 11:55:07 BST Philip Webb wrote: > 190619 Philip Webb wrote: > > Something seems to have changed in 5.42 : > > I haven't merged anything else which would affect it. > > I can restore 40 or 38 , but does anyone have further suggestions first ? > > I've reverted to 5.40 &

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-20 Thread Philip Webb
190619 Philip Webb wrote: > Something seems to have changed in 5.42 : > I haven't merged anything else which would affect it. > I can restore 40 or 38 , but does anyone have further suggestions first ? I've reverted to 5.40 & the speed is back to normal. Does anyone have a suggestion what might

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-19 Thread Philip Webb
190618 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? >> No. The problem seems to be with the 3-D savers : >> Gkrellm shows heavy use of 1 CPU (out of 8 ) at a time when they run. > Is glxgears running as it should ? >> I can't find an executable or pkg called

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Jack
On 6/18/19 1:11 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: On 2019-06-18 11:54, Philip Webb wrote: Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? No. The problem seems to be with the 3-D savers : Gkrellm shows heavy use of 1 CPU (out of 8 ) at a time when they run. Is glxgears running as it

[gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-06-18 11:54, Philip Webb wrote: > > Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? > > No. The problem seems to be with the 3-D savers : > Gkrellm shows heavy use of 1 CPU (out of 8 ) at a time when they run. > > > Is glxgears running as it should ? > > I can't find an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Dale
Philip Webb wrote: > 190618 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > >> Is glxgears running as it should ? > I can't find an executable or pkg called 'glxgears', > but the saver called 'gears' small preview runs at 60 fps , > but the big preview runs at 14 fps ; > previously, the latter also did 60 fps . > If

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Philip Webb
190618 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2019-06-18 05:36, Philip Webb wrote: >> Recently, I updated to Xscreensaver 5.42 & now it's very slow : >> some savers aren't moving at all. > Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? No. The problem seems to be with the 3-D savers : Gkrellm shows

[gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver is very slow

2019-06-18 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-06-18 05:36, Philip Webb wrote: > Recently, I updated to Xscreensaver 5.42 & now it's very slow : > some savers aren't moving at all. > > Has anyone else experienced this ? Does anyone have a solution ? Does CPU use seem to go way up when xscreensaver starts? Is glxgears running as it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver 3D modules don't work

2016-04-17 Thread Philip Webb
160329 »Q« wrote: > 160329 Philip Webb wrote: >> 160328 Corbin wrote: >>> The "x11-misc/rss-glx" screensavers work just fine. >> I hadn't come across it before. >> If I emerge it, will it automatically be adopted by Xscreensaver ? > Yes -- after emerging it you'll see its

[gentoo-user] Re: Xscreensaver 3D modules don't work

2016-03-29 Thread »Q«
On Tue, 29 Mar 2016 01:03:14 -0400 Philip Webb wrote: > 160328 Corbin wrote: > > The "x11-misc/rss-glx" screensavers work just fine. > > I hadn't come across it before. > If I emerge it, will it automatically be adopted by Xscreensaver ? Yes -- after emerging it you'll

[gentoo-user] Re: xscreensaver

2005-05-31 Thread Botykai Zsolt
Tuesday 31 May 2005 11.18-n, Qv6 ezt írta: I am trying to customize xscreensaver to show personal photos in a random fashion.. What file do I need to mess with to get this done? from command line start xscreensaver-demo, then click on the 'advanced' tab, and check 'Choose random image' and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xscreensaver

2005-05-31 Thread Qv6
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 02:34 pm, Botykai Zsolt wrote: Tuesday 31 May 2005 11.18-n, Qv6 ezt írta: I am trying to customize xscreensaver to show personal photos in a random fashion.. What file do I need to mess with to get this done? from command line start xscreensaver-demo, then click on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xscreensaver

2005-05-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 31 May 2005 10:16:55 +, Qv6 wrote: Thanks, but I was referring to the screensaver that's built into kde. Then why did you put xscreensaver in the Subject? Just to confuse people? ;-/ Emerge shows that I do not have kscreensaver or xscreensaver installed. If you use the monolithic

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: xscreensaver

2005-05-31 Thread Qv6
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:07 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote: . Right-click on the desktop, select Configure Desktop and go to the Screensaver section. Select Slide Show under Banners Pictures and click Setup to pick the directory. thank you -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list