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Bug 317887 - doesn't find xscreensaver hacks
doesn't find xscreensaver hacks
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: gnome-screensaver
Classification: Deprecated
Component: daemon
0.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gnome-screensaver maintainers
gnome-screensaver maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-10-04 01:46 UTC by Bill Nottingham
Modified: 2007-08-15 13:29 UTC
See Also:
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Description Bill Nottingham 2005-10-04 01:46:58 UTC 
Version details: 0.0.14
Distribution/Version: Fedora Core Development tree

Configured with:  --with-xscreensaverdir=/usr/share/xscreensaver/config \
           --with-xscreensaverhackdir=/usr/libexec/xscreensaver  \
           --with-gdm-config=/etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf               \
           --with-proc-interrupts=no

configure script finds them fine:
configure:28859: checking whether to use xscreensaver hacks configuration
configure:28886: result: /usr/share/xscreensaver/config
configure:28900: checking for location of xscreensaver hack executables
configure:28925: result: /usr/libexec/xscreensaver

However, it doesn't offer anything there as options. It looks like this code is
undergoing rework?
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-10-04 01:54:25 UTC 
Aha, It Doesn't Work That Way Anymore.

Perhaps the configure commands could spit out an error, or a warning.
Comment 2 William Jon McCann 2005-10-04 13:53:22 UTC 
Correct.  We are now using the desktop menu spec to find the themes.  I have
provided a script in the source to convert the xscreensaver-style .xml config
files to .desktop files (data/migrate-xscreensaver-config.sh).

I suppose the .desktop files for the xscreensaver hacks could be packaged
separately and depend on xscreensaver-extras.

Does this sound workable?
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 2005-10-04 18:49:13 UTC 
Hm, perhaps just doing that as part of the xscreensaver build itself would be
better. It would be extra data if you're using
xscreensaver-without-gnome-screensaver, but I'm not sure that that's much of a
big deal.
Comment 4 Björn Torkelsson 2005-10-06 20:57:23 UTC 
Looks like the script is only in CVS and not in the tar-balls.
Comment 5 William Jon McCann 2005-10-06 21:17:38 UTC 
Right.  It will appear in the next version.  Thanks.