GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 433305
Pictures folder screensaver doesn't show anything when folder is empty
Last modified: 2011-03-06 06:45:55 UTC
gnome-screensaver-2.18.0-7.fc7 The screensaver doesn't show anything, and doesn't say anything about the folder being empty.
I've the same problem... however, it works fine if I call the program directly like: /usr/lib/gnome-screensaver/gnome-screensaver/slideshow --location=Pictures Both in the screen saver preview, as the real deal it doesn't work. The same is true for the cosmos slideshow. What else can I look for regarding for clues with this?
Derick, I don't that that is related to this bug. I think this is about adding some text to indicate that the folder is empty. You should probably file a new bug if you have a problem.
Will do that, thanks for the feedback.
Hi, worst, if ~/Pictures doesn't exist (it's my case), slideshow doesn't say anything and just stays black too. That's a serious discoverability issue, in fact I don't think many people can use it without asking on IRC or mailing-lists. Thanks, Xav
The right thing would be to use the new freedesktop spec for user dirs.
(In reply to comment #5) > The right thing would be to use the new freedesktop spec for user dirs. Which doesn't change the fact that if the folder is empty, nothing will happen.
Your right, as always :) so it should use the user dir for the folder and not user the slideshow screensaver if there are nothing to show...
I don't think so. I know it will hurt some, but there should be a user pref somewhere to specify where the pictures are stored - or at least accept pictures/directories drag-and-dropped on the gss prefs window. Currently even I couldn't guess how this thing works.
We already use XDG user directories to find the Pictures folder. Once again, this bug is about displaying some text when the folder is empty - just like in the OS X one.
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. However, you are using a version that is too old and not supported anymore. GNOME developers are no longer working on that version, so unfortunately there will not be any bug fixes for the version that you use. By upgrading to a newer version of GNOME you could receive bug fixes and new functionality. You may need to upgrade your Linux distribution to obtain a newer version of GNOME. Please feel free to reopen this bug if the problem still occurs with a newer version of GNOME.