[SOLVED] debian testing - how to set up rd-bomb as screensaver on kde?

eantoranz · 04-30-2015, 07:12 PM

Hi!

I installed the xscreensaver-data-extra package on debian testing (kde) and when I go into system settings to set rd-bomb as the screen saver, it's not available (well.... I think that only a small selection of hacks are available). How can I enable rd-bomb to show up on the list? Or even better, how can I enable them ALL to show up on the list?

Code:

$ dpkg -l '*xscreensaver*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                       Version                    Architecture               Description
+++-==========================================-==========================-==========================-=========================================================================================
ii  xscreensaver                               5.30-1+b1                  amd64                      Screensaver daemon and frontend for X11
ii  xscreensaver-data                          5.30-1+b1                  amd64                      Screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
ii  xscreensaver-data-extra                    5.30-1+b1                  amd64                      Extra screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
ii  xscreensaver-gl                            5.30-1+b1                  amd64                      GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
ii  xscreensaver-gl-extra                      5.30-1+b1                  amd64                      Extra GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
un  xscreensaver-gnome                         <none>                     <none>                     (no description available)
un  xscreensaver-nognome                       <none>                     <none>                     (no description available)

Thanks in advance.

John VV · 04-30-2015, 10:25 PM

??? testing ???

so the very new alpha 8.1

8 is out so testing is now the NEW version

with 8 just coming out i would not expect many things yet in the 8.1 testing yet

eantoranz · 05-01-2015, 09:05 AM

Yes, testing.... I'll keep on rolling on top of it (installed 'testing' on monday when I got my new computer). Anyway, they are so close right now that you'll probably see the same thing on jessie.

eantoranz · 05-01-2015, 10:20 AM

Not exactly what I needed but I'll give it a shot to see if it's usable:

From xscreensaver man page:

Code:

USING KDE
Like GNOME, KDE also decided to invent their own screen saver framework from scratch instead of simply using xscreensaver. To replace the KDE screen saver with xscreensaver, do
the following:

1: Turn off KDE's screen saver.
Open the "Control Center" and select the "Appearance & Themes / Screensaver" page. Un-check "Start Automatically".

2: Find your Autostart directory.
Open the "System Administration / Paths" page, and see what your "Autostart path" is set to: it will probably be ~/.kde/Autostart/ or something similar.

3: Make xscreensaver be an Autostart program.
Create a .desktop file in your autostart directory called xscreensaver.desktop that contains the following five lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=xscreensaver
Name=XScreenSaver
Type=Application
X-KDE-StartupNotify=false

4: Make the various "lock session" buttons call xscreensaver.
The file you want to replace next has moved around over the years. It might be called /usr/libexec/kde4/kscreenlocker, or it might be called "kdesktop_lock" or "krun
ner_lock" or "kscreenlocker_greet", and it might be in /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/ or in /usr/kde/3.5/bin/ or even in /usr/bin/, depending on the distro and phase of the moon.
Replace the contents of that file with these two lines:

#!/bin/sh
xscreensaver-command -lock

Make sure the file is executable (chmod a+x).

Now use xscreensaver normally, controlling it via the usual xscreensaver-demo(1) and xscreensaver-command(1) mechanisms.

eantoranz · 05-01-2015, 10:51 AM

Well.... apparently, I'll be able to live with that... let's give it some time to see if it's not just an illusion.