So it's not something I'm doing wrong? It just won't work out of the box, eh? Should I report this as a bug? Chip Stewart Charles@TheStewarts.com http://Charles.TheStewarts.com Dale Bewley wrote: > > It seems that none of the commands that webcollage uses to try and set > the background will work. If you look thru the source and run them by > hand they just don't work. It seems gnome won't let them. > > On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 11:13, Charles@thestewarts.com wrote: > > I'm relatively new to Linux and have just installed RH8.0. I was delighted to > > see Jamie Zawinski's WebCollage listed as on of the screensavers ('though not > > selected by default). After setting it up as my only screensaver, though, it > > doesn't work. When it kicks in, I just get a blank screen. I can see the > > lights on the router blinking, so it must be connecting to the web - I just > > can't see the results. When I select a random screensaver, everything works > > fine but WebCollage. > > > > When I try running it from the command line, I get: > > > > [Chip@localhost Chip]$ webcollage -root > > bash: webcollage: command not found > > [Chip@localhost Chip]$ /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/webcollage -root > > Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xa9, with no preceding > > start byte) in pattern match (m//) at /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/webcollage > > line 800. > > Malformed UTF-8 character (unexpected continuation byte 0xa9, with no preceding > > start byte) in pattern match (m//) at /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/webcollage > > line 800. > > > > The last two lines scroll continuously, with the 0xa9 part changing. > > > > Someone suggested I check my version of perl. It's v5.8.0. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > <a href="http://mail.thestewarts.com/jump/https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list";>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list</a> Chip Stewart Charles@TheStewarts.com http://Charles.TheStewarts.com Support anti-Spam legislation. Join the fight http://www.cauce.org/ -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
