Slideshow Screensave on twinview

david.skinner · 06-17-2004, 02:56 AM

My mandrake 10 KDE slideshow screensaver splits my photos across the middle of my two monitors (nvidia twinview based XF86Config-4). This also used to happen on my redhat 9 install before upgrading to Mandrake but I did find a slideshow screensave that worked brilliantly at the time. In fact it would put different photos on each of the two monitors.

Does anyone know either what this software is and where to get it, or alternatively how to configure the kde screensaver so that it uses one monitor only.

regards
David

mascdman · 06-18-2004, 12:31 AM

I'm also running an NVIDIA twinview setup and under Mandrake 9 my screensaver was split between the two monitors. When I upgraded to Mandrake 10, I noticed that each monitor was now running its own screensaver. I just configured xscreensaver's GLSlideshow to use my photos directory and it places different photos on each monitor.

--mascdman

david.skinner · 06-18-2004, 01:33 AM

Could you let me know if this the screen saver under the banners & pictures option or another one. mine does not mention GL.
D.

mascdman · 06-18-2004, 02:38 AM

I haven't used KDE, so I don't know how to change screensaver configurations under it. However, make sure you have the xscreensaver-gl-4.14-4mdk RPM installed and then run (as a normal user) xscreensaver-demo. GLSlideshow should be listed there -- click on it then Advanced Tab ->Image Manipulation -> Choose Random Images and set a directory.

--mascdman

david.skinner · 06-18-2004, 03:16 AM

Thanks mascdman, works a treat - I've disabled the one under kde and started xscreensaver - just have to get it to start on kde start now - shouldn't be too hard - many thanks again.
D.

mascdman · 06-18-2004, 03:30 AM

You're welcome

--mascdman