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Old 09-15-2006, 03:14 AM   #1
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Thumbs down gnome screensaver stopped working?


I dunno what happened. I'm using Dapper Drake and I used to be able to see almost all the screensavers. Now the screen just goes blank. Can't see them in the preview window either. HELP!

I miss them
 
Old 09-16-2006, 12:27 AM   #2
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Are they still installed? 'sudo apt-cache show xscreensaver' will return an error if they are NOT, and will display some info on them if they are indeed installed.

Also try 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure xscreensaver'

For the OpenGL screensavers, you want to use the xscreensaver-gl package in the above commands.
 
Old 09-17-2006, 02:17 AM   #3
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after this:$ sudo apt-cache show xscreensaver


I get this: Package: xscreensaver
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 2228
Maintainer: Ralf Hildebrandt <ralf.hildebrandt@charite.de>
Architecture: i386
Version: 4.23-4ubuntu8
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.9.0), libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.0.2-2), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.3.0), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.5.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.10.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0), libice6, libpam0g (>= 0.76), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.12.2), libsm6, libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxml2 (>= 2.6.24), libxmu6, libxpm4, libxrandr2, libxrender1, libxt6, libxxf86vm1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), xscreensaver-data
Recommends: xli | xloadimage, libjpeg-progs, perl5, miscfiles | wordlist
Suggests: netpbm, xfishtank, xdaliclock, xscreensaver-gl, fortune, www-browser, qcam | streamer, dictionaries-common
Conflicts: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-1), suidmanager (<< 0.50), xscreensaver-gnome (<< 4.09-2), xscreensaver-nognome (<< 4.09-2), gnome-control-center (<< 1:2)
Filename: pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_4.23-4ubuntu8_i386.deb
Size: 276642
MD5sum: c628c2a2383adf1bf6a642526be39f13
Description: Automatic screensaver for X
The purpose of xscreensaver is to display pretty pictures on your screen
when it is not in use, in keeping with the philosophy that unattended
monitors should always be doing something interesting, just like they do
in the movies.
.
The benefit that this program has over the combination of the xlock and
xautolock programs is the ease with which new graphics hacks can be
installed: you don't need to recompile this program to add a new display
mode, you just change some resource settings. Any program which can be
invoked in such a way that it draws on the root window of the screen can
now be used as a screensaver without modification. The programs that
are being run as screensavers don't need to have any special knowledge
about what it means to be a screensaver.
Bugs: mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: xubuntu-desktop

Already did:sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

It did not help.
Phooey.
 
Old 09-18-2006, 12:00 AM   #4
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Did you try reinstalling it? Reconfiguring xserver-xorg won't help; you must reinstall the xscreensaver packages.

Last edited by pda_h4x0r; 09-18-2006 at 12:02 AM.
 
Old 09-20-2006, 06:03 PM   #5
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tried reinstalling xscreensaver

tried that too- did not help.

Want to try reinstalling gnome-screensaver but am wondering what will happen to my gnome desktop environment? (Eerie message warns that desktop will be removed as well) I just reconfigured this tower to be triple-bootable (ubuntu, mandriva, xp pro) and it would be a pain in the arse if I screw up the ubuntu partition...
 
  


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