glslideshow screensaver shows only one picture

tovarish · 06-10-2010, 04:11 PM

Hi,

I'm using openSuse 11.2 x64 with KDE 4.3.4 and have strange issue with glslideshow screensaver. It shows only one picture all the time, however if I test it from xscreensaver-demo (not from KDE Desktop Configuration) it works properly. Here is my configuration file below:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
X-SuSE-translate=true
Exec=glslideshow -root -duration 15 -pan 15 -fade 5
Icon=kscreensaver
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=ScreenSaver
TryExec=xscreensaver
Actions=InWindow;Root;Setup;
X-KDE-Category=OpenGL Screen Savers
X-KDE-Type=OpenGL
Name=GLSlideshow

[Desktop Action Setup]
Exec=kxsconfig glslideshow
Name=Setup...

[Desktop Action InWindow]
Exec=kxsrun glslideshow -- -window-id %w
Name=Display in Specified Window
NoDisplay=true

[Desktop Action Root]
Exec=kxsrun glslideshow -- -root
Name=Display in Root Window
NoDisplay=true

Thx you in advance.

ncsuapex · 06-10-2010, 08:19 PM

Whats the exact command you are giving when you run it?

tovarish · 06-11-2010, 02:33 AM

Hi ncsuapex,

thx a lot for the reply, but don't sure that I follow you. What command do you mean? System runs screensaver itself after an user inaction. I don't run it by a command. Results if I press "test" button in KDE Desktop Configuration Wallpapers dialog and in case when screensaver runs because of my inaction are the same: only one random picture rotating over and over. However, if I execute xscreensaver-demo from command line and there press "Preview" everything works properly.

If you mean command that KDE uses to start that slideshow, then I guess that it's "glslideshow -root -duration 15 -pan 15 -fade 5" from configuration file above.

tovarish · 06-12-2010, 05:37 PM

Problem resolved. The answer is that screensaver can be used from two different places: KDE Desktop Configuration and xscreensaver-demo. And it has different configuration files for these cases. In the first one it was configured not properly.

"With the default settings of -pan 6 -duration 30, each image
will be displayed five times (30/6), and then a new image will
be loaded. If you want a new image to be loaded at each fade,
then set -pan and -duration to the same value."