--- Vincent Knecht <vknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Le Vendredi 19 Ao?t 2005 23:39, BRUCE STANLEY a ?crit :
> > --- Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> > > > --- Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >>BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
> [...]
> > > > Where can I pick up the new rpms from?
> > > > I don't use yum at home due to slow dial up line.
> > > > I burn them on CD here at work and then I do
> > > > rpm installs.....living on the edge I guess ... :-)
> > >
> > > There are no fixed "stock" RHEL packages that I'm aware of. If you
> > > using packages from kde-redhat, ours are fixed. (-:
> > >
>
>
> Perhaps using kde-redhat is not mandatory to fix screensaver behaviour.
>
> >
> > What is the link to the kde-rehat server?
> >
> > What would be the mininum rpm files that I would need
> > to update kdeartwork?
> >
> > Would I need to update kdelibs and kdebase also?
>
> Here's the list of kde packages installed on my machine:
> kdepim-3.3.1-2.1
> kdemultimedia-3.3.1-2
> kde-i18n-French-3.3.1-2.1
> kdeadmin-3.3.1-2
> kdeutils-3.3.1-2
> kdelibs-3.3.1-3.11
> kdeaddons-3.3.1-2
> kdenetwork-3.3.1-2.3
> kdegraphics-3.3.1-3.4
> kdebase-3.3.1-5.5
> kdeartwork-3.3.1-2
>
> Bruce, I guess you should check if you're up-to-date with regular CentOS
> update repository, update if you are not, then check if you still suffer
> screensaver issue.
>
>
I found a work-around that allows most of the screen savers to
work. Some of the GL savers are still a little slugish or buggy.
I installed the latest KDE updates in the Centos 4.1 update repository
but that did not solve the problem.
I ran man xscreensaver and found out a way to run xscreensaver that
bypasses KDE and this got around the problem.
I did the following:
1). ran control-center and turned screensavers off in KDE.
2). created a file named xscreensaver.desktop and placed it
in by ~.kde/Autostart directory.
The file contains the following lines:
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=xscreensaver
Name=XScreensaver
Type=Application
X-KDE-StartupNotify=false
3). then I created a program launcher on my desktop that runs
xscreensaver-demo when I want to change to different screen savers.
Now xscreensaver startups when I login and my screen savers work!
Rex has a set of RPMs from redhad-kde that also fix the problem.
I wonder if Rex could make them available on the Centos 4.1 updates
repository?
